Publications
The following list of articles were researched and used to understand the terminology, key concepts and algorithms.[1] Bubble Model [PDF]
Csebfalvi, B and Groller, E. "Interactive Volume Rendering based on a Bubble Model".
Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms,Vienna University of Technology,
pp. 1-8.
[2] Fast Volume Rendering [PDF]
Lacroute, G. P. "Fast volume rendering using a shear-warp factorization of the viewing
transformation". Technical Report. Computer Systems Laboratory, Stanford University,
pp. 1-236, September 1995.
[3] Gradient Estimation [PDF]
Neumann, L., Csebfalvi, B., Konig, A., and Groller, E. "Gradient Estimation in Volume
Data using 4D Linear Regression". Eurographics 2000, Vol 19, No. 3.
[4] Display of Surfaces from Volume Data [PDF]
Levoy, M. "Display of Surfaces from Volume Data". IEEE Computer Graphics and
Applications, 8(5):29-37, May 1988.
Websites
List of websites visited:Volume Rendering
Volume Ray Casting
16-bit Pixels
RGB to HEX Converter
Real time volume graphics e-book
Visible Human Project
[5] Riverside Health Reference
Interactive Volume Rendering: "Bubble Model"
[6] Scientific Visualization and 3D Volume Rendering
Fast Volume Rendering Using a Shear-Warp Factorization of the Viewing Transformation
Datasets
The following list of websites were used to acquire the datasets used in this project. Not all datasets were used due to memory limitations as well as the dataset format type.Volvis.org
Celebisoftware.com
The Stanford volume data archive
CT Datasets Archive
Tools
The following list of tools were used to create the user interface and convert the datasets from .pvm to .raw format.GLUI User Interface Library
V^3 Volume rendering Package: PVM tools