Geological structures, both at the surface and subsurface levels, are typically represented by
means of voxel data. This model presents a major drawback: its large storage requirements …

We introduce QuadStack, a novel algorithm for volumetric data compression and direct
rendering. Our algorithm exploits the data redundancy often found in layered datasets which …

Previous terrain rendering approaches have addressed the aspect of data compression and
fast decoding for rendering, but applications where the terrain is repeatedly modified and …

In this paper, based on height field surface example, an efficient technology of real-time
modeling of complex procedural objects on the ray tracing pipeline (RT-pipeline) is …

This paper presents performance improvements for Ellipsoid Clipmaps, an out-of-core
planet-sized geodetically accurate terrain rendering algorithm. The performance …

We present a hybrid GPU rendering pipeline for high-resolution textured terrain fields that
reduces polygon throughput limitations on the GPU. This pipeline uses rasterization and ray …

Volumetric scalar data sets are common in many scientific, engineering and medical
applications where they originate from measurements or simulations. Furthermore, they can …

Massive digital elevation models require a large number of geometric primitives that exceed
the throughput of the existing graphics hardware. For the interactive visualization of these …

Usually, terrain rendering relies on a 2D regular grid of height values, the so called height
field. Height fields describe 2.5 D surfaces and are not able to present complex 3D terrain …

For interactive rendering in medical imaging, physically based volume rendering of a
volume of a patient may better assist physicians in diagnosis, prognosis, and/or planning. To …