Simple, fast, and robust ray casting of irregular grids

Scientific Visualization Conference, dagstuhl 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 30-36

  Bunyk, P ^a   Kaufman, A ^b   Silva, C T ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PIXELS; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS); VISUALIZATION;

CELL COMPLEXES; COLOR CALCULATIONS; IRREGULAR GRIDS; LIGHTING MODEL; PREPROCESSING PHASE; RAY CASTING; SCREEN SPACE; VISIBILITY DETERMINATION;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 85060878878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/dagstuhl.1997.1423099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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