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Erschienen in: Journal of Visualization 3/2014

01.08.2014 | Regular Paper

Efficient quadratic reconstruction and visualization of tetrahedral volume datasets

verfasst von: Xin Li, Wei-feng Chen, Yu-bo Tao, Zhiyu Ding

Erschienen in: Journal of Visualization | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

Most volume rendering algorithms for tetrahedral datasets employ linear reconstruction kernels, resulting in quality loss if the data contain fine features of high orders. In this paper, we present an efficient approach to reconstruct and visualize 3D tetrahedral datasets with a quadratic reconstruction scheme. To leverage a quadratic kernel in each tetrahedron, additional nodes with weighting functions are first constructed in the tetrahedron. The integration of quadratic kernels along a ray in a tetrahedron is efficiently accomplished by means of a pre-computation scheme, making the accumulation of optical contributions very fast. Our approach is compatible with both object-space (projected tetrahedra) and image-space (ray casting) volume rendering methods. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach can efficiently achieve volume visualization with more subtle details, and preserve higher accuracy where needed compared with conventional approaches with linear kernels.

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Metadaten
Titel
Efficient quadratic reconstruction and visualization of tetrahedral volume datasets
verfasst von
Xin Li
Wei-feng Chen
Yu-bo Tao
Zhiyu Ding
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Journal of Visualization / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1343-8875
Elektronische ISSN: 1875-8975
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-014-0211-8

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