Fast algorithms for volume ray tracing

Proceedings of the 1992 Workshop on Volume Visualization, VVS 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 91-106

  Danskin, John ^a   Hanrahan, Pat ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); VISUALIZATION;

ADAPTIVE METHODS; FAST ALGORITHMS; FIXED STEPS; LIGHT TRANSPORT; MULTIRESOLUTION METHODS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; TRACING RAYS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 84944039402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/147130.147155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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