O-buffer: A framework for sample-based graphics

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 410-421

  Qu, Huamin ^a   Kaufman, Arie E ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame buffer; Hierarchy; Hybrid rendering; Image based rendering; Irregular sampling; Layered depth image; Offset; Sample based rendering

Indexed keywords

FRAME BUFFERS; HIERARCHY; HYBRID RENDERING; IMAGE-BASED RENDERING (IBR); IRREGULAR SAMPLING; LAYERED DEPTH IMAGE; OFFSET; SAMPLE-BASED RENDERING;

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042681346     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2004.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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