An Image-Based Modelling Approach to GPU-based Unstructured Grid Volume Rendering

5th Eurographics / IEEE VGTC International Workshop on Volume Graphics, VG@SIGGRAPH 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 31-38

  Shareef, Naeem ^a   Lee, Teng Yok ^a   Shen, Han Wei ^a   Mueller, Klaus ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; VISUALIZATION;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; GRID CELLS; IMAGE-BASED MODELS; IRREGULAR DATA; MODELING APPROACH; POLYHEDRAL CELLS; RESEARCH GOALS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

VOLUME RENDERING;

EID: 85022113591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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