Title :
A survey of architectures for volume rendering
Author :
Kaufman, A.E. ; Bakalash, R. ; Cohen, D. ; Yagel, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
Five hardware architectures for volume rendering, which requires efficiently handling a huge amount of volumetric data, are surveyed, categorized, and compared. They are Cube, Insight, PARCUM, Voxel Processor, and 3DP. General-purpose graphics systems that exploit their surface-based geometry engine to reduce the computational burden of the rendering process are briefly reviewed.<>
Keywords :
computer architecture; computer graphics; medical diagnostic computing; reviews; 3DP; Cube; Insight; PARCUM; Voxel Processor; hardware architectures; medical images; surface-based geometry engine; volume rendering; Data visualization; Displays; Graphics; Hardware; Parallel processing; Pipelines; Rendering (computer graphics); Silicon; Software algorithms; Sun;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
