Development of a volume rendering system using 3D texture compression techniques on general-purpose personal computers
Advanced Visualization Laboratory, Iwate Prefectural University, 152-52 Takizawa-mura, Iwate-ken, Japan
3rd International Conference on Awareness Science and Technology (iCAST), 2011
@article{doi2011development,
title={Development of a volume rendering system using 3D texture compression techniques on general-purpose personal computers},
author={Doi, A. and Takahashi, H. and Mawatari, T. and Mega, S.},
year={2011},
booktitle={3rd International Conference on Awareness Science and Technology (iCAST)}
}
In this paper, we present the development of a highspeed volume rendering system that combines 3D texture compression and parallel programming techniques for rendering multiple high-resolution 3D images obtained with medical or industrial CT. The 3D texture compression algorithm (DXT5) provides extremely high efficiency since it reduces the memory consumption to 1/4 of the original without having a negative impact on the image quality or display speed. By using this approach, it is possible to use personal computers with generalpurpose graphics capabilities to display high-resolution 3D images or groups of multiple 3D images obtained with medical or industrial CT in real time.
October 27, 2011 by hgpu
