Accelerated, high-quality refraction computations for volume graphics

Volume Graphics 2005 Eurographics/IEEE VGTC Workshop Proceedings - Fourth International Workshop on Volume Graphics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 73-81

  Li, Shengying ^a   Mueller, Klaus ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-QUALITY REFRACTION COMPUTATIONS; REFRACTION COEFFICIENTS; SURFACE-BASED OBJECTS; VOLUME GRAPHICS;

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE QUALITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 33745257250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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