Monte Carlo Volume Rendering

Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 449-456

  Csébfalvi, Balázs ^a   Szirmay Kalos, László ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Importance sampling; Monte Carlo integration; Progressive refinement; X ray volume rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

MONTE CARLO VOLUME RENDERING (MCVR);

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0242676089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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