Light weight space leaping using ray coherence

IEEE Visualization 2004 - Proceedings, VIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-26

  Lakare, Sarang ^a   Kaufman, Arie ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct Volume Rendering; Empty Space Skipping; Ray Coherence; Space Leaping; Volume Rendering Acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ALGORITHMS; COHERENT LIGHT; DATA STRUCTURES; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPACITY;

DIRECT VOLUME RENDERING; EMPTY SPACE SKIPPING; RAY COHERENCE; SPACE LEAPING; VOLUME RENDERING ACCELERATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 17044413188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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