AU2001272266A1 - Apparatus and method for associating voxel information with display positions - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for associating voxel information with display positions

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AU2001272266A1
AU2001272266A1 AU2001272266A AU7226601A AU2001272266A1 AU 2001272266 A1 AU2001272266 A1 AU 2001272266A1 AU 2001272266 A AU2001272266 A AU 2001272266A AU 7226601 A AU7226601 A AU 7226601A AU 2001272266 A1 AU2001272266 A1 AU 2001272266A1
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Dan Lior
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    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/50—Lighting effects
    • G06T15/506—Illumination models
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/08—Volume rendering

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