• DocumentCode
    941538
  • Title

    Fast Global Illumination for Visualizing Isosurfaces with a 3D Illumination Grid

  • Author

    Banks, David C. ; Beason, Kevin

  • Author_Institution
    Tennessee Univ., TN
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    Users who examine isosurfaces of their 3D data sets generally view them with local illumination because global illumination is too computationally intensive. By storing the precomputed illumination in a texture map, visualization systems can let users sweep through globally illuminated isosurfaces of their data at interactive speeds
  • Keywords
    data visualisation; 3D data sets; global illumination; isosurfaces visualization; local illumination; texture map; visualization systems; Computer graphics; Data analysis; Data engineering; Data visualization; Hardware; Isosurfaces; Layout; Lighting; Rendering (computer graphics); Software systems; grid computing; illumination; visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2007.6
  • Filename
    4052522