Fast ray-tracing of human eye optics on Graphics Processing Units

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-314

  Wei, Qi ^a   Patkar, Saket ^b   Pai, Dinesh K ^c  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational simulation; GPU programming; Human eye optics; Patient specific modeling and simulation; Ray tracing; Vision defects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RAY TRACING;

CHROMATIC ABERRATION; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; GPU PROGRAMMING; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; HUMAN EYE; PATIENT SPECIFIC MODEL;

ABERRATIONS;

ACCOMMODATION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; OPTICS; RAY TRACING TECHNIQUE; RETINA IMAGE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; EYE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA; SOFTWARE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84899067228     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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