Direct Transmittance Estimation in Heterogeneous Participating Media Using Approximated Taylor Expansions

Evaluating the transmittance between two points along a ray is a key component in solving the light transport through heterogeneous participating media and entails computing an intractable exponential of the integrated medium's extinction coefficient. While algorithms for estimating this transm...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 28(2022), 7 vom: 03. Juli, Seite 2602-2614
1. Verfasser: Jonsson, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kronander, Joel, Unger, Jonas, Schon, Thomas B, Wrenninge, Magnus
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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