Abstract
The scientific simulation and three-dimensional imaging systems in use today are producing large quantities of data that range from gigabytes to petabytes in size. Direct volume rendering, using hardware-based three-dimensional textures, is a common technique for interactively exploring these data sets. The most serious drawback of this approach is the finite amount of available texture memory. In this paper we introduce a hybrid volume rendering technique based on the use of hardware texture mapping and point-based rendering. This approach allows us to leverage the performance of hardware-based volume rendering and the flexibility of a point-based rendering to generate a more efficient representation that makes possible interactive exploration of large-scale data using a single PC.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - IEEE / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics 2002, VolVis 2002 |
| Editors | Stephen N. Spencer |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 123-130 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 0780376412, 9780780376410 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2002 |
| Event | IEEE / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics, VolVis 2002 - Boston, United States Duration: Oct 28 2002 → Oct 29 2002 |
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| Other | IEEE / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics, VolVis 2002 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Boston |
| Period | 10/28/02 → 10/29/02 |
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Keywords
- interactive visualization
- large data visualization
- point-based rendering
- texture graphics hardware
- volume rendering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Software
- Modeling and Simulation
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A hardware-assisted hybrid rendering technique for interactive volume visualization. / Wilson, B.; Ma, Kwan-Liu; McCormick, P. S.
Proceedings - IEEE / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics 2002, VolVis 2002. ed. / Stephen N. Spencer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2002. p. 123-130 1226518.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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