A DYNAMIC SCREEN TECHNIQUE FOR SHADED GRAPHICS DISPLAY OF SLICE-REPRESENTED OBJECTS

被引:37
作者
REYNOLDS, RA
GORDON, D
CHEN, LS
机构
[1] UNIV PENN,MOORE SCH ELECT ENGN,DEPT COMP & INFORMAT SCI,GEN ROBOT & ACT SENSORY PROC GRP,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[2] UNIV CINCINNATI,DEPT COMP & INFORMAT SCI,CINCINNATI,OH 45221
[3] UNIV PENN,DEPT RADIOL,MED IMAGE PROC GRP,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
来源
COMPUTER VISION GRAPHICS AND IMAGE PROCESSING | 1987年 / 38卷 / 03期
关键词
DATA PROCESSING - Data Structures;
D O I
10.1016/0734-189X(87)90114-9
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
We present a very rapid method of constructing realistic images of 3-dimensional (3D) objects on a 2-dimensional (2D) display screen. Our technique is well suited to objects represented by slices, since it traverses the slices in a front-to-back sequence relative to the observer, accessing each slice just once. A dynamic data structure - the dynamic screen - is used to represent the unlit screen pixels. When each slice is accessed, only unlit pixels are processed and newly-lit pixels are efficiently removed from the data structure. Implementation of the method for large medical objects results in display times significantly faster than previous software methods.
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页码:275 / 298
页数:24
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