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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Klaus Engel, Nuremberg, DE;
Jana Martschinke, Bubenreuth, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06F 12/0897 (2016.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06F 2212/455 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of visualizing a three-dimensional object from a data volume is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes computing an irradiance cache for the data volume; and applying the irradiance cache during rendering of a three-dimensional image from the data volume. In an embodiment, entries of the irradiance cache are organized in a uniform grid.