Arrangement for displaying on a display volumetric data
US5187660A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 1, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facility is provided for greatly enhancing the rate at which volumetric data is processed by display on a two-dimensional display. Specifically, the volumetric data is first divided into a predetermined number of sub-blocks, in which a predetermined voxel in each sub-block is then transformed into an associated picture element. The sub-blocks and their associated pixels are then supplied to respective processors forming an array of processors. Each processor then completes the transformation of its sub-block as a function of the coordinates of the associated picture element and respective incremental vectors.
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