针对全空子数据体的GPU体绘制

目的 体绘制是3维数据可视化的主要方法之一。用于体绘制的数据体中包含有大量的空体素,导致光线投射算法进行没有意义的重采样计算,必然降低绘制算法效率。针对全空子数据体体绘制低效问题,提出基于GPU体高效绘制方法。方法 利用八叉树数据结构组织数据,有效管理包含许多空体素的子数据体。通过绘制八叉树非全空叶子节点子数据体表面,使光线投射算法中起始和终止重采样位置更接近数据体中的可视部分,同时根据八叉树全空节点子数据体判定纹理查询结果,计算合适的跳跃步长,快速跳过八叉树中全空节点子数据体。结果 当数据体中空体素较多时,确定合适的八叉树深度,有效地跳过数据体中的空体素,减少体绘制运算量,实现对原基于体包围盒表面绘制的GPU光线投射算法的加速。结论 设计不透明度函数,凸显数据体中层位面,并将算法成功应用于地震数据可视化,取得很好应用效果。     

特征抽象的直接体绘制方法

直接体绘制需要借助于传输函数,而设计一个有效的传输函数非常耗时且需要具备丰富的经验.为此提出一种不透明度自动调节的可视化方法.通过分析采样光线提取出数据的特征,并将这些特征抽象为不同层次的采样点,抽象采样点的不透明度根据采样光线上特征数的变化而改变;在保证最远抽象采样点可见度最大的前提下,推导并修改传统体绘制积分方程,得到基于抽象采样点的体绘制积分方程.实验结果表明,该方法不依赖于传输函数,能有效地展示体数据中的特征信息.     

一种改进求交的自适应光线投射体绘制算法

光线投射算法是体绘制技术中的一种重要算法,但其自身存在采样效率低和绘制速度慢等问题。为了提高光线投射算法的绘制速度,本文提出了一种改进求交的自适应光线投射体绘制算法,算法采用一种快速求交方法和自适应采样来提高体绘制速度,试验结果表明该算法能在基本不影响图像质量的同时提高算法的速度。     

基于GPU光线投射算法的心脏体数据三维可视化

心脏成像和可视化技术在心脏疾病诊断、治疗规划中发挥着重要作用。针对分割后的心脏体数据集,提出了使用图形处理器(GPU)加速光线投射算法进行高质量三维可视化的新方法。该方法结合心脏体数据统计信息设计传递函数,增大细微组织的不透明度值;基于梯度模自适应地调整采样步长,提高组织边界的采样频率;应用改进的Blinn-Phong多光源光照模型,增强可视化效果。实验结果表明,该方法在实现实时绘制的同时,能够获得高质量的体绘制效果,渲染出清晰的瓣膜和冠状动脉血管等心脏细微组织。     

针对全空子数据体的GPU体绘制方法

体绘制是三维数据可视化的主要方法之一。用于体绘制的数据体中包含有大量的空体素,导致光线投射算法进行没有意义的重采样计算,必然降低绘制算法效率。针对全空子数据体体绘制低效问题,本文提出基于GPU体高效绘制方法。利用八叉树数据结构组织数据,有效管理包含许多空体素的子数据体。通过绘制八叉树非全空叶子结点子数据体表面,使光线投射算法中起始和终止重采样位置更接近数据体中的可视部分,同时根据八叉树全空结点子数据体判定纹理查询结果,计算合适的跳跃步长,快速跳过八叉树中全空结点子数据体,减少无效重采样点。当数据体中空体素较多时,实现对原基于体包围盒表面绘制的GPU光线投射算法的加速。设计不透明度函数,凸显数据体中层位面,并将算法成功应用于地震数据可视化,取得很好应用效果。     

层次包围盒与GPU实现相结合的光线投射算法

针对目前基于GPU的光线投射算法中参数确定复杂的缺点,提出一种快速确定投射光线参数的算法,并利用层次包围盒技术对整个绘制过程进行加速.该算法利用离屏渲染技术,仅通过绘制体数据包围盒表面就能获取投射光线的参数;为了跳过对绘制结果无贡献的空体素,逐层对体数据进行分解,并生成层次包围盒树来存储对应子体数据的相关信息,通过遍历包围盒树,判断对应子体数据是否被绘制或跳过来缩短投射光线在体数据中的有效采样长度,从而实现了光线积分加速.实验结果表明,与同类算法相比,该算法预处理时间较短,在增加存储容量较小的同时获得了平均3.0的加速比,具有更好的实用性.     

基于CUDA海量空间数据实时体绘制研究

针对海量空间科学数据的精细及实时三维绘制需求,提出并实现了一种基于CUDA语言的并行化光线投射体绘制加速算法,利用传统体绘制算法中光线投射法的可并行特点和GPU中高速的纹理查询的优点,通过一个实际坐标到纹理坐标的转换函数实现了对不规则采样数据的准确采样,并完成了绘制算法的CUDA并行化改造,通过CUDA语言利用GPU强大的并行计算能力实现了对海量空间数据的实时三维光线投射绘制.     

基于相关性的快速体绘制研究

光线投射法是三维直接体绘制算法中的一种最基本方法,但简单的光线投射算法存在采样效率低和绘制速度慢的缺点。本文充分利用对象空间与图像空间的各种相关性,利用 对象空间中数据场的相关性,对采样点处的均匀性区域采用正方体进行度量,并以此来确定采样步长,在射线方向上采用自适应的采样方式,避免在采样点周围均匀性区域中中重复地进行采样,大大地提高了三维数据场的绘制速度。     

基于体素可见度的高效直观传递函数设计算法

针对体绘制中传递函数设计问题,提出基于直观体素可见度设计传递函数的高效方法。用高斯混合模型（GMM）对体数据自动建模,提取体数据的聚类信息;根据高斯混合模型设计体素可见度模型。将传递函数设计转化为真实体素可见度与目标体素可见度距离最小化问题,使用最速下降法求解,得到最优传递函数。同时设计一套方便、灵活的交互工具,用来调节体素可见度模型。实验结果表明了该算法的高效性和直观性。     

一种改进的基于GPU编程的光线投射算法

针对传统光线投射算法采样效率低、绘制精度差等缺点,提出一种新的体绘制算法,所给算法采用新的采样合成函数,并结合经典的Blinn-Phong光照模型,采用不透明度提前截止判断光线终止。整个过程使用Cg语言编写顶点程序和片段程序来实现。实验结果表明算法既可以增强传统光线投射算法的绘制效果,也可以加快算法的速度。     

彩色三维体数据场的直接体绘制方法

提出基于光线投射和三维纹理映射的彩色体数据成像算法，研究如何从每个体素的R，G，B三元组映射成不透明度值，即不透明度转换函数。首先把原始的RGB色彩空间转换成LUV色彩空间；然后以亮度分量的中心差分来近似估计法向量，并应用Phong光照模型进行着色，根据亮度分量及其梯度等信息计算不透明度值；最后合成、累积颜色。对美国数字人男子照相彩色体数据分别采用两种算法进行实验。结果表明：基于光线投射的彩色体数据算法成像质量较高，可以表现体表毛细血管等细微结构，但速度较慢；基于三维纹理映射的彩色体数据成像算法速度较快，但成像质量适中。     

基于图形处理器加速光线投射算法的多功能体绘制技术

为克服传统算法中体绘制交互速度不流畅、重建耗时长、绘制效果单一的不足,实现了基于图形处理器(GPU)的光线投射算法用于医学层析图像实时体绘制,并能快速切换不同组织器官的绘制效果。首先,读入医学层析图像到计算机内存,构造体素;然后,设置相应体素属性(如插值方式、着色处理、光照参数)等,设计显示不同组织器官的颜色及不透明度传输函数;最后,GPU加载体素据并进行光线投射算法的计算。实验结果表明,在绘制速度上,GPU加速光线投射算法实现的多功能体绘制技术的绘制速度能达到每秒40帧以上,完全满足临床应用需求。在绘制质量上,用户交互中由于重采样而产生的锯齿现象明显低于CPU端实现的光线投射算法,GPU端与CPU端绘制时间的加速比在9倍左右。     

基于OpenGL的光线投射算法的研究

利用VC＋＋6．0以及OpenGL实现光线投射算（payCasting）法。介绍了光线投射算法以及OpenGL的知识。主要实验方法为：第一、对原始CT图像进行数据预处理、数据分类,得到满足绘制要求的规则体数据,并且对各个数据点赋予颜色值和不透明度;第二、利用体绘制算法绘制出人头（主要是人脑）图像,并且能够实现空间上三个方向的浏览与绘制功能,但是绘制速度比较慢。实验结果表明：采用光线投射算法能够实现人脑的三维可视化,并且能够绘制出清晰图像,图像效果令人满意。     

A single-pass GPU ray casting framework for interactive out-of-core rendering of massive volumetric datasets

We present an adaptive out-of-core technique for rendering massive scalar volumes employing single-pass GPU ray casting. The method is based on the decomposition of a volumetric dataset into small cubical bricks, which are then organized into an octree structure maintained out-of-core. The octree contains the original data at the leaves, and a filtered representation of children at inner nodes. At runtime an adaptive loader, executing on the CPU, updates a view and transfer function-dependent working set of bricks maintained on GPU memory by asynchronously fetching data from the out-of-core octree representation. At each frame, a compact indexing structure, which spatially organizes the current working set into an octree hierarchy, is encoded in a small texture. This data structure is then exploited by an efficient stackless ray casting algorithm, which computes the volume rendering integral by visiting non-empty bricks in front-to-back order and adapting sampling density to brick resolution. Block visibility information is fed back to the loader to avoid refinement and data loading of occluded zones. The resulting method is able to interactively explore multi-gigavoxel datasets on a desktop PC.     

Real-time ray casting rendering of volume clipping in medical visualization

This paper presents a real-time ray casting rendering algorithm for “volume clipping plane“ as an extension of the conventional ray casting technique.For each viewing direction a(moderate) pre-processing step is performed:the ray traverses the entire volume data (no early ray termination).Its intensity and opacity contributions are divided into several segments which are then sorted and stored by depth.At each sampling position along a segment,accumulated trans-parency and color are stored at a moderate memory overhead.For visualizing real-time volumeclipping,only relevant segment contributions (maximum two) at the location of the clipping plane are considered,thus reducing the calculation to meet real-time requirements.Compared with theprevious work that involves time-consuming re-clipping,re-traversing and re-shading,the proposed method achieves quality identical to ray casting at real-time speed.The performance is indepen-dent of the volume resolution and/or the number of clipping planes along a given viewing direction.Therefore it is suitable for real-time “internal volume inspections“,involving one or several cutting planes,typically applied e.g.,in medical visualization and material testing applications.     

Volume MLS ray casting

The method of Moving Least Squares (MLS) is a popular framework for reconstructing continuous functions from scattered data due to its rich mathematical properties and well-understood theoretical foundations. This paper applies MLS to volume rendering, providing a unified mathematical framework for ray casting of scalar data stored over regular as well as irregular grids. We use the MLS reconstruction to render smooth isosurfaces and to compute accurate derivatives for high-quality shading effects. We also present a novel, adaptive preintegration scheme to improve the efficiency of the ray casting algorithm by reducing the overall number of function evaluations, and an efficient implementation of our framework exploiting modern graphics hardware. The resulting system enables high-quality volume integration and shaded isosurface rendering for regular and irregular volume data.     

Prostate Cancer Visualization from MR Imagery and MR Spectroscopy

Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among males, and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been suggested for its detection. A framework is presented for scoring and visualizing various MR data in an efficient and intuitive manner. A classification method is introduced where a cumulative score volume is created which takes into account each of three acquisition types. This score volume is integrated into a volume rendering framework which allows the user to view the prostate gland, the multi‐modal score values, and the surrounding anatomy. A visibility persistence mode is introduced to automatically avoid full occlusion of a selected score and indicate overlaps. The use of GPU‐accelerated multi‐modal single‐pass ray casting provides an interactive experience. User driven importance rendering allows the user to gain insight into the data and can assist in localization of the disease and treatment planning. We evaluate our results against pathology and radiologists'determinations.     

In situ ray tracing and computational steering for interactive blood flow simulation

Recent algorithm and hardware developments have significantly improved our capability to interactively visualise time-varying flow fields. However, when visualising very large dynamically varying datasets interactively there are still limitations in the scalability and efficiency of these methods. Here we present a rendering pipeline which employs an efficient in situ ray tracing technique to visualise flow fields as they are simulated. The ray casting approach is particularly well suited for the visualisation of large and sparse time-varying datasets, where it is capable of rendering fluid flow fields at high image resolutions and at interactive frame rates on a single multi-core processor using OpenMP. The parallel implementation of our in situ visualisation method relies on MPI, requires no specialised hardware support, and employs the same underlying spatial decomposition as the fluid simulator. The visualisation pipeline allows the user to operate on a commodity computer and explore the simulation output interactively. Our simulation environment incorporates numerous features that can be utilised in a wide variety of research contexts.     

Grouping volume renderers for enhanced visualization incomputational fluid dynamics

This paper advocates the use of a group of renderers rather than any specific rendering method. We describe a bundle containing four alternative approaches to visualizing volume data. One new approach uses realistic volumetric gas rendering techniques to produce photo-realistic images and animations. The second uses ray casting that is based on a simpler illumination model and is mainly centered around a versatile new tool for the design of transfer functions. The third method employs a simple illumination model and rapid rendering mechanisms to provide efficient preview capabilities. The last one reduces data magnitude by displaying the most visible components and exploits rendering hardware to provide real time browsing capabilities. We show that each rendering tool provides a unique service and demonstrate the combined utility of our group of volume renderers in computational fluid dynamic (CFD) visualization. While one tool allows the explorer to render rapidly for navigation through the data, another tool allows one to emphasize data features (e.g., shock waves), and yet another tool allows one to realistically render the data. We believe that only through the deployment of groups of renderers will the scientist be well served and equipped to form numerous perspectives of the same dataset, each providing different insights into the data