An Analytical Solution to Single Scattering in Homogeneous Participating Media
Vincent Pegoraro, Steven G. Parker
In Computer Graphics Forum, 28(2), 2009.
Abstract: Despite their numerous applications, efficiently rendering participating media remains a challenging task due to the intricacy of the radiative transport equation. As they provide a generic means of solving a wide variety of problems, numerical methods are most often used to solve the air-light integral even under simplifying assumptions. In this paper, we present a novel analytical approach to single scattering from isotropic point light sources in homogeneous media. We derive the first closed-form solution to the air-light integral in isotropic media and extend this formulation to anisotropic phase functions. The technique relies neither on pre-computation nor on storage, and we provide a practical implementation allowing for an explicit control on the accuracy of the solutions. Finally, we demonstrate its quantitative and qualitative benefits over both previous numerical and analytical approaches.
Keyword(s): I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism, Color, shading, shadowing, and texture
Article URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01372.x
BibTeX format:
@article{CGF:CGF1372,
  author = {Vincent Pegoraro and Steven G. Parker},
  title = {An Analytical Solution to Single Scattering in Homogeneous Participating Media},
  journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
  volume = {28},
  number = {2},
  pages = {329--335},
  year = {2009},
}
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