Rendering volumetric data using the STICKS representation scheme

Proceedings of the 1990 Workshop on Volume Visualization, VVS 1990

Volumn , Issue , 1990, Pages 87-93

  Scopigno, R ^a   Montani, C ^b  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compression techniques; Gradient shading; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ray tracing; Thresholding; Volumetric data

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA COMPRESSION; DATA VISUALIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL VISUALIZATION; ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS; PARALLEL PROJECTION; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; REPRESENTATION SCHEMES; THRESHOLDING; VOLUMETRIC DATA;

RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

EID: 70350464178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/99307.99328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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