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Volume Graphics

By: Min Chen (Editor), Arie E. Kaufman (Editor), Roni Yagel (Editor)

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Paperback | 8 March 2000

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Min Chen, Arie E. Kaufman and Roni Yage/ Volume graphics is concerned with graphics scenes defined in volume data types, where a model is specified by a mass of points instead of a collection of surfaces. The underlying mathematical definition of such a model is a set of scalar fields, which define the geometrical and physical properties of every point in three dimensional space. As true 3D representations, volume data types possess more descriptive power than surface data types, and are morphologically closer to many high-level modelling schemes in traditional surface graphics such as parametric surfaces, implicit surfaces and volume sweeping. The past decade has witnessed significant advances in volume visualisation, driven mainly by applications such as medical imaging and scientific computation. The work in this field has produced a number of volume rendering methods that enable 3D information in a volumetric dataset to be selectively rendered into 2D images. With modern computer hardware, such a process can easily be performed on an ordinary workstation. More importantly, volume-based rendering offers a consistent solution to the primary deficiencies of the traditional surface-based rendering, which include its inability to encapsulate the internal description of a model, and the difficulties in rendering amorphous phenomena. The emergence of volume-based techniques has not only broadened the extent of graphics applications, but also brought computer graphics closer to other scientific and engineering disciplines, including image processing, computer vision, finite element analysis and rapid prototyping.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Graphical & Digital Media Applications 3D Graphics & Modelling Computer Programming & Software Development Graphics Programming Gardening Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision

Colour Plates
Perspectives
State-of-the-Art in Volume Graphics	p. 3
Volume Modelling	p. 29
Discrete Modelling
Minimally Thin Discrete Triangulation	p. 51
Smooth Boundary Surfaces from Binary 3D Datasets	p. 71
Manufacturing Isovolumes	p. 79
Complex Volumetric Objects
Constructive Representations of Volumetric Environments	p. 97
vxt: A Class Library for Object Voxelisation	p. 119
3D Scan-Conversion of CSG Models into Distance, Closest-Point and Colour Volumes	p. 135
NURBS Volume for Modelling Complex Objects	p. 159
Volume Rendering
Voxels versus Polygons: A Comparative Approach for Volume Graphics	p. 171
Fast Multi-Resolution Volume Rendering	p. 185
High-Quality Volume Rendering Using Seed Filling in View Lattice	p. 199
Extending Hypertextures to Non-Geometrically Definable Volume Data	p. 211
Volume Animation
Fast Volume Rendering and Animation of Amorphous Phenomena	p. 229
Visible Human Animation	p. 243
Realistic Volume Animation with Alias	p. 253
Parallel and Distributed Environments
Multi-Resolutional Parallel Isosurface Extraction based on Tetrahedral Bisection	p. 267
A Volume Rendering Crossbar and SRAM-Based Hardware	p. 279
Algorithmically Optimised Real-Time Volume Rendering	p. 287
Hardware Accelerated Voxelisation	p. 301
Volume Graphics and the Internet	p. 317
Applications
In ViVo-IORT - A System for Quality Control in Intra-Operative Radiotherapy	p. 335
Computer Aided Facial Reconstruction for Forensic Identification	p. 345
A Morphological Approach to Volume Synthesis of Weathered Stones	p. 367
Volumetric Modelling of 3D Text	p. 379
Glossary	p. 391
Author Index	p. 407
Subject Index	p. 413
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