Analytic rendering of curvilinear volume data [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- 11 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary
- A technique is presented for analytically rendering volume data from curvilinear grids. The method employs analytic techniques for manipulating and rendering curvilinear voxels. A curvilinear voxel is represented using a cubic triparametric solid formulation. The control points defining the cubic triparametric voxel are computed from the original curvilinear grid using the Catmull-Rom formulation, and subsequently rendered using a three-dimensional forward difference operator. The primary benefit from using such a representation is the fact the voxel shape and data values are C1-continuous across voxel boundaries. The issue of voxel opacity, both at the sub-voxel and super-voxel levels, is investigated. The use of both tricubic representation and rendering, along with the new approach to managing voxel opacity, results in images which are markedly different from those presented in previous work.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:lbl--33808
lbl--33808 - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
03/01/1993.
"lbl--33808"
"DE94004934"
Bethel, W. - Type of Report and Period Covered Note
- Topical; 03/01/1993 - 03/01/1993
- Funding Information
- AC03-76SF00098
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