A spectral analysis of function composition and its implications for sampling in direct volume visualization

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1353-1360

  Bergner, Steven ^a,c   Möller, Torsten ^a,c   Weiskopf, Daniel ^b,c   Muraki, David J ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b IEEE   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Fourier transform; Signal processing; Transfer function; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RAY INTEGRATION; ADAPTIVE SAMPLING; VOLUME RENDERING;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33845608097     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2006.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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