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Ambient Occlusion Volume Rendering using Multi-Range Statistics

다중 영역 통계량을 이용한 환경-광 가림 볼륨 가시화

  • Nam, Jinhyun (Dept. of Information Systems Engineering, Hansung University) ;
  • Kye, Heewon (Dept. of Information Systems Engineering, Hansung University)
  • 남진현 (한성대학교 정보시스템 공학과) ;
  • 계희원 (한성대학교 정보시스템 공학과)
  • Received : 2015.06.20
  • Accepted : 2015.07.05
  • Published : 2015.07.14
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Abstract

This study presents a volume rendering method using ambient occlusion which is one of global illumination methods. By considering the volume density distribution as normal distribution, ambient occlusion can be calculated at real-time speed regardless of modification of opacity transfer function. We calculate and store the averages and standard deviations of densities in a block centered at each voxel in pre-processing time. In rendering process, we determine the illumination value by estimating the nearby opacity. We generalized theoretical model and generated better quality images improving our previous research. In detail, various shapes of transfer function can be used due to the proposed equation model. Moreover, we introduced a multi-range model to give nearer objects more weight. As the result, more realistic volume rendering image can be generated at real-time speed by mixing local and ambient occlusion shading.

본 연구는 전역 조명 기법 중 하나인 환경-광 가림(ambient occlusion)을 이용한 볼륨 렌더링 방법을 설명한다. 볼륨 밀도 분포를 정규 분포로 가정하여, 환경-광 가림을 불투명도 전이함수의 변경과 무관하게 실시간 가시화할 수 있다. 전처리 과정에서 각 복셀 주변의 일정 크기 영역의 평균과 표준편차를 계산하여 두고, 가시화 단계에서 근방의 불투명도를 추정하여 밝기를 계산한다. 이 논문은 본 연구자들의 기존 연구를 발전시켜 이론적 모델을 일반화하고 출력 영상의 화질을 향상시킨다. 구체적으로 다양한 형태의 불투명도 전이함수를 사용할 수 있는 계산 모델을 제안한다. 그리고 영역의 크기를 다양하게 통계량을 생성하여 근처의 물체에 더 높은 가중치를 부여할 수 있도록 하였다. 최종적으로 환경-광 가림 효과와 지역 조명 효과를 혼합하여, 더 현실감 있는 화질의 볼륨 가시화 영상을 실시간으로 생성할 수 있다.

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Supported by : Hansung University

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