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AU2001259977A1 - Method, apparatus, signals and codes for establishing and using a data structurefor storing voxel information - Google Patents

Method, apparatus, signals and codes for establishing and using a data structurefor storing voxel information

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AU2001259977A1
AU2001259977A1 AU2001259977A AU5997701A AU2001259977A1 AU 2001259977 A1 AU2001259977 A1 AU 2001259977A1 AU 2001259977 A AU2001259977 A AU 2001259977A AU 5997701 A AU5997701 A AU 5997701A AU 2001259977 A1 AU2001259977 A1 AU 2001259977A1
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Paul A. Halmshaw
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/50—Lighting effects
    • G06T15/506—Illumination models
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/08—Volume rendering

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AU2001259977A 2000-07-13 2001-05-16 Method, apparatus, signals and codes for establishing and using a data structurefor storing voxel information Abandoned AU2001259977A1 (en)

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PCT/CA2001/000686 WO2002007097A1 (fr) 2000-07-13 2001-05-16 Procede, appareil, signaux et codes permettant d'etablir et d'utiliser une structure de base de donnees en vue de stocker des informations de voxel

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CA2315302A1 (fr) 2002-01-13
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