Fast rendering of foveated volumes in wavelet-based representation
Hang Yu, Ee-Chien Chang, Zhiyong Huang, Zhijian Zheng
In The Visual Computer, 21(8-10), 2005.
Abstract: A foveated volume can be viewed as a blending of multiple regions, each with a different level of resolution. It can be efficiently represented in the wavelet domain by retaining a small number of wavelet coefficients. We exploit the arrangement of those wavelet coefficients to achieve fast volume rendering. The running time is O(n2+m), where n is the width of the rendered image, and m is the number of wavelet coefficients retained for the foveated volume. Our algorithm consists of two phases. The first phase is a fast reconstruction of the super-voxels from the wavelet coefficients, and the second phase renders the super-voxels by carefully tracking rays with different thickness in the super-voxels. No expensive preprocessing on the wavelet coefficients is required. Hence, it is possible to interactively modify different viewing parameters like the transfer functions. A potential application of our algorithm is in remote visualization of large volume data-sets.
Keyword(s): volume rendering, wavelet foveation, focus plus context visualization
BibTeX format:
@article{Yu:2005:FRO,
  author = {Hang Yu and Ee-Chien Chang and Zhiyong Huang and Zhijian Zheng},
  title = {Fast rendering of foveated volumes in wavelet-based representation},
  journal = {The Visual Computer},
  volume = {21},
  number = {8-10},
  pages = {735--744},
  year = {2005},
}
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