Real-time visualization of large volume datasets on standard PC hardware

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-123

  Xie, Kai ^a   Yang, Jie ^b   Zhu, Y M ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Early ray termination; Empty space skipping; Graphics processing unit; Optic transfer function; Visibility culling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EARLY RAY TERMINATION; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; OPTIC TRANSFER FUNCTION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MEMORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EARLY RAY TERMINATION; EMPTY SPACE SKIPPING; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; OPTIC TRANSFER FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISIBILITY CULLING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849094252     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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