Towards a comprehensive volume visualization system

  • Authors:
  • Ricardo S. Avila;Lisa M. Sobierajski;Arie E. Kaufman

  • Affiliations:
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY;State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY;State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY

  • Venue:
  • VIS '92 Proceedings of the 3rd conference on Visualization '92
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

The VolVis system has been developed to satisfy the diverse requirements of the volume visualization community by comfortably housing numerous visualization algorithms and methods within a consistent and well organized framework. The VolVis system is supported by a generalized abstract model which provides for both geometric and volumetric constructs. VolVis contains several rendering algorithms that span the speed versus accuracy continuum. A fast volume rendering algorithm has been developed, which is capable of exploiting existing graphics hardware without placing any viewing restrictions or compromising accuracy. In addition. VolVis includes a volumetric navigation facility, key-frame animation generator, quantitative analysis tools, and a generalized protocol for communicating with 3D input devices.