Efficient volumetric ray casting for isosurface rendering

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 661-670

  Choi, Jae Jeong ^a   Shin, Byeong Seok ^b   Shin, Yeong Gil ^a   Cleary, Kevin ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ALIASING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION;

ISOSURFACE RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC RAY CASTING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0034291021     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8493(00)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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