Optimizing GPU volume rendering

14th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2006, WSCG'2006 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 9-16

  Ruijters, Daniel ^a   Vilanova, Anna ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct volume rendering; GPU; Hierarchical rendering; Texture slicing; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

DIRECT VOLUME RENDERING; GPU; HIERARCHICAL RENDERING; TEXTURE SLICING; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HARDWARE; IMAGE QUALITY; TEXTURES; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 35148865844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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