Mu ltip rocessor Iso-surface Volume Reudering
Mu ltip rocessor Iso-surface Volume Reudering
Mu ltip rocessor Iso-surface Volume Reudering
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M u <strong>ltip</strong><strong>rocessor</strong> <strong>Iso</strong>-surfa ce Vo lume R endering<br />
<strong>Mu</strong>rk .I .S. \T1I1 Does bu rg" and .Ianp Smit."<br />
(I Univ. of Twcntc / Net work Theory Lab. E L / S ~\: S ,<br />
Postbus 217. NL-7500 AE Euschedo, T hl' Net herlands<br />
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'I'h e rendering of [so-sur faces in a sca la r 3 D dnln."('l c all Ill' performed wit.h a IWW olgont IIITI . t-allec l iso sm<br />
n-ndcrin a . This algoritl uu does no t int roduce SlUl l plifl g ur tifucts or art ifac ts d IU' 10 t.rfa ng ulnrizntiou.<br />
s kip VN y s ma ll det.ails hy inaufflrlent re- su mpliug is also olimlnated. Ano ther a dVtlll l lljol,(' is its speed (<br />
r-onvent.ional volume rcndonug. So far we achieved s (lN '1. ls in the order of t ell frames I"' f ~o n d 011 adn l<br />
1'111' lllllit il' ron 'sso r iruplemcntat io u o f t his ne w a l/!,o ril hili uses a di vision of t [n- \"1).'\(,1tl nla int o m ulr iple t<br />
c ubes MI' tho hash; for disf.ribu t.ing t he wo rkload o nto Sf'vew l p<strong>rocessor</strong>s . ,\ sd ll1J1l1f'r process is ru nn tnr<br />
tlu- d ist rih utio n o f t he workload. D lIri nA the dis t nbut jo n o f IIw worklo.ul r.ln- .~ l' h t'd ll J l" r a lso r-lhninat es<br />
r ender invisible pa rts of t.hr- dnt.nset.. This r educes tbr- pa rt of t he d a t ast'l w h ich m us t. lw p ro l '~