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A New Front to Back Composition Technique for Volume Rendering

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CG International ’90

Abstract

Visualization is a powerful tool for better understanding of several scientific phenomenon. In recent years, several techniques have been proposed. We present a new model to render volume data. In this model, each volume element is classified and assigned a shaded color and opacity value. The assignments are applied through either user specified lookup tables or a default mapping. The results are stored in shaded color and opacity volumes via a pipeline approach.

We incorporate a front-to-back ray casting model to render the volumes of shaded color and opacity. This model compares favorably to other approaches in terms of image quality, memory use, and efficiency.

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  1. 1202 Pike Dr, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, USA

    Darin Lee Buchanan

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80933-7150, USA

    Dr. Sudhanshu Kumar Semwal

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  1. Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, 0511, Kent Ridge, Singapore

    Tat-Seng Chua (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113, Japan

    Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Buchanan, D.L., Semwal, S.K. (1990). A New Front to Back Composition Technique for Volume Rendering. In: Chua, TS., Kunii, T.L. (eds) CG International ’90. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68123-6_10

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