Multiresolution view-dependent splat based volume rendering of large irregular data

J. Meredith; Kwan-Liu Ma

doi:10.1109/PVGS.2001.964409

Multiresolution view-dependent splat based volume rendering of large irregular data

J. Meredith, Kwan-Liu Ma

Computer Science

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19 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present techniques for multiresolution approximation and hardware-assisted splat based rendering to achieve interactive volume visualization of large irregular data sets. We examine two methods of generating multiple resolutions of irregular volumetric grids and a data structure supporting the splatting approach for volume rendering. These techniques are implemented in combination with a view-dependent error based resolution selection to maintain accuracy at both low and high zoom levels. In addition, the error tolerance may be adjusted at run time to obtain the desired balance between high frame rates and accurate rendering. Along with an effective way to compute gradients for lighting, we offer an integrated solution for interactive volume rendering of irregular-mesh or meshless data, and we demonstrate our technique on unstructured-grid data sets from aerodynamic flow simulations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 2001 Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics
Editors	Stephen N. Spencer
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	93-99
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	0780372239, 9780780372238
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVGS.2001.964409
State	Published - Jan 1 2001
Event	IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics - San Diego, United States Duration: Oct 22 2001 → Oct 23 2001

Other

Other	IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics
Country	United States
City	San Diego
Period	10/22/01 → 10/23/01

Keywords

Hardware-assisted rendering
irregular-grid data
lighting
multiresolution representation
splatting
volume rendering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Multiresolution view-dependent splat based volume rendering of large irregular data. / Meredith, J.; Ma, Kwan-Liu.

Proceedings - IEEE 2001 Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics. ed. / Stephen N. Spencer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2001. p. 93-99 964409.

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Meredith, J & Ma, K-L 2001, Multiresolution view-dependent splat based volume rendering of large irregular data. in SN Spencer (ed.), Proceedings - IEEE 2001 Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics., 964409, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 93-99, IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics, San Diego, United States, 10/22/01. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVGS.2001.964409

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