Patent №
US 8,203,553
Granted
2012-06-19
Filed 2008
Owner
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Lab
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AI components
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ml
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12105767
A method for calculating an image in the context of a volume visualization by ray casting using a plurality of computing nodes is provided. The method includes subdividing a volume that is to be visualized into subvolumes assigned to the plurality of computing nodes; assigning a subdivision of data to volume points and storing the subdivision of data in a memory associated with the plurality of computing nodes, the subdivision corresponding to the assignment of subvolumes to nodes; and computing at least one pixel by generating a ray leading through the volume, wherein computing includes taking into account points lying on the ray one after another.
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Ownership
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
assignment · 213720067
Assignors
SCHWARZER, JESKO, ENGEL, KLAUS, EHLERT, ALEXANDER, LANGE, FREDERIK
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