An efficient and stable ray tracing algorithm for parametric surfaces

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 541-561

  Wang, Shyue Wu ^a   Shih, Zen Chung ^a   Chang, Ruei Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B zier clipping; B zier surface; Newton's method; Parametric surfaces; Ray coherence; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VECTORS;

BEZIER CLIPPING; NEWTON METHOD; OBSTRUCTION DETECTION TECHNIQUE; RAY COHERENCE; TRACING PRIMARY RAYS; TRACING SECONDARY RAYS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 0036645816     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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