A survey of volumetric illumination techniques for interactive volume rendering

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-51

  Jönsson, Daniel ^a   Sundén, Erik ^a   Ynnerman, Anders ^a   Ropinski, Timo ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

illumination rendering; rendering; visualization; volume rendering; volume visualization

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; SURVEYS; VISUALIZATION;

ILLUMINATION EFFECT; ILLUMINATION RENDERING; INTERACTIVE VOLUME RENDERINGS; RENDERING; SCATTERING EFFECTS; TECHNICAL REALIZATION; VOLUME VISUALIZATION; VOLUMETRIC ILLUMINATIONS;

VOLUME RENDERING;

EID: 84894586294     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12252     Document Type: Review

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