Instant volume visualization using maximum intensity difference accumulation

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 775-782

  Bruckner, Stefan ^a   Gröller, M Eduard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

COMPLEX TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; DIRECT VOLUME RENDERING; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; VISUALIZATION RESULTS; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 68549104280     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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