Fast and robust ray casting algorithms for virtual X-ray imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Freud, N ^a   Duvauchelle, P ^a   Letang J M ^a   Babot, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Deterministic simulation; Ray casting; Robustness; X ray imaging; z Buffer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAY TRACING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; RAY CASTING; X-RAY IMAGING; Z-BUFFER;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 33746904740     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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