Opacity volume based halo generation for enhancing depth perception

Yubo Tao
,
Hai Lin
,
Feng Dong
,
Gordon Clapworthy

Zhejiang University

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Abstract

Halos are usually used to enhance depth perception and display spatial relationships in illustrative visualization. In this paper, we present a simple and effective method to create volumetric halo illustration. In the pre-processing stage, we generate a view-independent halo intensity volume, which contains all potential halos around the boundaries of features, based on the opacity volume on graphic hardware. During halo rendering, the halo intensity volume is used to extract halos only around the contours of structures for the current viewpoint. The performance of our approach is significantly faster than previous halo illustration methods, which perform both halo generation and rendering during volume rendering. Experimental results demonstrate volumetric halo effects and the efficiency of the proposed approach.

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Research Output:

Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding

Conference contribution

Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

Published - 01/09/2011

Publication status

Published - 01/09/2011

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Print)

9781457710797

Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/221343
Scopus: 81255127870

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nan

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10.1109/CAD/Graphics.2011.81

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Title

12th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics

Description

12th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (15/09/2011-17/09/2011, Jinan)

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Date

15/09/2011 - 17/09/2011

Location

Jinan