A simple and flexible volume rendering framework for graphics-hardware-based raycasting

In this work we present a flexible framework for GPU-based volume rendering. The framework is based on a single pass volume raycasting approach and is easily extensible in terms of new shader functionality. We demonstrate the flexibility of our system by means of a number of high-quality standard an...

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Main Authors: Stegmaier, Simon, Strengert, Magnus, Klein, Thomas, Ertl, Thomas
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Computing methodologies > Artificial intelligence > Computer vision > Image and video acquisition > 3D imaging
Computing methodologies > Computer graphics > Animation
Computing methodologies > Computer graphics > Image manipulation
Computing methodologies > Computer graphics > Rendering
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Summary:In this work we present a flexible framework for GPU-based volume rendering. The framework is based on a single pass volume raycasting approach and is easily extensible in terms of new shader functionality. We demonstrate the flexibility of our system by means of a number of high-quality standard and non-standard volume rendering techniques. Our implementation shows a promising performance in a number of benchmarks while producing images of higher accuracy than obtained by standard pre-integrated slice-based volume rendering.
DOI:10.5555/2386472.2386498