Fast GPU-based adaptive tessellation with CUDA

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-374

  Schwarz, Michael ^a   Stamminger, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

ADAPTIVE TESSELLATIONS; FLEXIBLE MEMORY; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; MODELING AND ANIMATION; PN TRIANGLES; SURFACE DESCRIPTION; SURFACE EVALUATIONS; TRIANGLE MESH;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 63049121693     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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