Hardware oriented algorithms for rendering order-independent transparency

Computer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Amor, Marga ^a   Boo M ^b   Padron E J ^a   Bartz, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Graphics processors; Visibe line surface algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SORTING; TRANSPARENCY;

GRAPHICS PROCESSORS; SURFACE ALGORITHMS; VISUAL REALISM;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33644896792     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxh159     Document Type: Article

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