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Research Proficiency Examination

Parallel Processing for Volume Visualization

Advisor: Arie Kaufman

Cláudio Silva
Dept of Computer Science
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400

Abstract:

• Contents
• Introduction
• Parallel Computer Architectures
  • SIMD machines
    • The Connection Machine
  • MIMD machines
  • Performance Considerations
• Volume Rendering
  • General Ideas
  • Ray Casting
  • Splatting
  • Irregular Grids
• Shared Memory Algorithms
  • Volume Rendering on the DASH
    • DASH
    • Optimized Ray Casting
    • Performance Results
  • Volume Rendering on the BBN TC2000
    • BBN TC2000
    • Raycasting Method
    • Splatting
• Distributed Memory Algorithms
  • Volume Rendering on a Hypercube Architecture
    • nCUBE 6410
    • Ray Casting Algorithm
  • Splatting on Multicomputers
    • Pixel-Plane 5
    • Splatting Algorithm
• SIMD Algorithms
  • SIMD Implementation
• Irregular Grid Algorithms
• Conclusions
• References