Tetrahedral projection using vertex shaders

Proceedings - IEEE / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics 2002, VolVis 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 7-12

  Wylie, B ^a   Moreland, K ^a   Fisk, L A ^a   Crossno, P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

direct volume rendering; I.3.3 Computer Graphics: Picture Image Generation display algorithms; I.3.5 Computer Graphics : Computational Geometry and Object Modeling; I.3.8 Computer Graphics : Applications; PC graphics hardware; projection volume rendering; volume scan conversion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA HANDLING; DATA VISUALIZATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY AND OBJECT MODELING; DIRECT VOLUME RENDERING; I.3.8 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]: APPLICATIONS; PC GRAPHICS; PICTURE/IMAGE GENERATION; SCAN CONVERSION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33645658670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SWG.2002.1226504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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