Distributed Volume Rendering of Very Large Data on High-Resolution Scalable Displays
01.01.2006 - 12.31.2007

Scientific instruments increasing collect higher spatial resolution samples providing scientists with larger volumetric datasets.

For example, bioscientists at the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) regularly collect high-resolution data from high-powered multi-photon microscopes. Geologists at the University of Minnesota (UMN) often collect high-resolution CT scans of geologic samples.

Scalable high-resolution tiled-displays allow scientists to visualize this large data at or closer to its native resolution and are seeing an increasing rate of adoption by the scientific community. Currently, no solution exists that allows scientists to visualize this large data and view it at its full spatial resolution.

This project provides a volume visualization solution that allows scientists to render very large volumetric datasets on scalable high-resolution displays. It uses a methodology that empl ... >>more