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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Thomas Schiwietz, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Shmuel Aharon, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomas Schiwietz, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Shmuel Aharon, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A GPU accelerated volume rendering method from flat textures (also known as texture atlas) is disclosed. The method is not restricted to a specific rendering technique. The method is fast as it requires no reordering or copying passes. An image processing system is also provided. Addressing of two dimensional flat textures is accomplished based on the viewing direction. A first addressing scheme is used for the x direction, a second addressing scheme is used for the y direction and a third addressing scheme is used for the z direction, where x, y, and z refer to the axes of Cartesian coordinate system.