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How to render very complex datasets, and yet maintain interactive response times, is a hot topic in volume rendering. In this paper we focus on projective visualization of datasets represented via tetrahedral tessellations. Direct projective visualization is performed by sorting tetrahedra with respect to view direction and then by projecting them onto the screen. Different sorting algorithms and “per tetrahedra” projection techniques are reviewed and evaluated. A new method for tetrahedra projection approximation is presented. In addition, we compare the results obtained by the optimization of the rendering process with those obtained by adopting a data simplification approach.
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Cignoni, P., Montani, C., Sarti, D., Scopigno, R. (1995). On the Optimization of Projective Volume Rendering. In: Scateni, R., van Wijk, J.J., Zanarini, P. (eds) Visualization in Scientific Computing ’95. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9425-6_6
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