Direct Volume Rendering via 3D Textures Export

@misc{citeulike:5904165, abstract = {The advent of very fast texture mapping hardware in modern graphics workstations has warranted research into rendering techniques that use texture mapping to full advantage. We have developed a new and easy to implement method for direct volume rendering that produces high-quality images at speeds approaching two orders of magnitude faster than existing techniques, on workstations with hardware support for three-dimensional texture maps. A rectilinear data set is converted into a three-dimensional texture map containing color and opacity information. In the rendering phase, the texture map is then applied to a stack of parallel planes, which effectively cut the texture into many slices. The slices are composited to form an image of the original data set. This paper describes the theory and implementation of this technique. Keywords: Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, 3D Texture Mapping, Direct Volume Rendering. 1 Overview Rendering speed has always been a major problem in ...}, author = {Wilson, Orion and Van Gelder, Allen and Wilhelms, Jane}, citeulike-article-id = {5904165}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.53.3319}, keywords = {direct, rendering, volume}, posted-at = {2009-10-07 02:53:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Direct Volume Rendering via 3D Textures}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.53.3319}, year = {1994} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:5904165 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5904165 N2 - The advent of very fast texture mapping hardware in modern graphics workstations has warranted research into rendering techniques that use texture mapping to full advantage. We have developed a new and easy to implement method for direct volume rendering that produces high-quality images at speeds approaching two orders of magnitude faster than existing techniques, on workstations with hardware support for three-dimensional texture maps. A rectilinear data set is converted into a three-dimensional texture map containing color and opacity information. In the rendering phase, the texture map is then applied to a stack of parallel planes, which effectively cut the texture into many slices. The slices are composited to form an image of the original data set. This paper describes the theory and implementation of this technique. Keywords: Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, 3D Texture Mapping, Direct Volume Rendering. 1 Overview Rendering speed has always been a major problem in ... TI - Direct Volume Rendering via 3D Textures KW - direct KW - rendering KW - volume AU - Wilson, Orion AU - Van Gelder, Allen AU - Wilhelms, Jane PY - 1994/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.53.3319 ER -