VIRIM: A Massively Parallel Processor for Real-Time Volume Visualization in Medicine

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1994
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The Eurographics Association
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Architecture and applications of a massively parallel processor are described. Volumes of 256x256x128 voxels can be visualized at a frame rate of 10 Hz using volume oriented visualization algorithms. A prototype of the scalable and modular system is currently set up. 3D rotation around an arbilrary rotation axis, perspective, zooming, and arbilrary gray value mapping are provided in real-time. Multi user access over high-speed networks is possible. A volume oriented visualization algorithm is used that is tailored to the requirements in medicine [5]. With this algorithm, small structures of a size down to the pixel resolution, and structures without defined surfaces can be visualized as well as semi-trans parent objects. One application of the system is therapy planning in heart surgery.
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@inproceedings{
:10.2312/EGGH/EGGH94/103-108
, booktitle = {
Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware
}, editor = {
Strasser, W.
}, title = {{
VIRIM: A Massively Parallel Processor for Real-Time Volume Visualization in Medicine
}}, author = {
Günther, T.
and
Poliwoda, C.
and
Reinhart, C.
and
Hesser, J.
and
Männer, R.
and
Meinzer, H.-P.
and
Baur, H.-I.
}, year = {
1994
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISSN = {
-
}, ISBN = {
-
}, DOI = {
/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH94/103-108
} }
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