GPU-friendly marching cubes.

Xie, Yongming.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-85).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgement --- p.iiChapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Isosurfaces --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Graphics Processing Unit --- p.2Chapter 1.3 --- Objective --- p.3Chapter 1.4 --- Contribution --- p.3Chapter 1.5 --- Thesis Organization --- p.4Chapter 2 --- Marching Cubes --- p.5Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.5Chapter 2.2 --- Marching Cubes Algorithm --- p.7Chapter 2.3 --- Triangulated Cube Configuration Table --- p.12Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.16Chapter 3 --- Graphics Processing Unit --- p.18Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.18Chapter 3.2 --- History of Graphics Processing Unit --- p.19Chapter 3.2.1 --- First Generation GPU --- p.20Chapter 3.2.2 --- Second Generation GPU --- p.20Chapter 3.2.3 --- Third Generation GPU --- p.20Chapter 3.2.4 --- Fourth Generation GPU --- p.21Chapter 3.3 --- The Graphics Pipelining --- p.21Chapter 3.3.1 --- Standard Graphics Pipeline --- p.21Chapter 3.3.2 --- Programmable Graphics Pipeline --- p.23Chapter 3.3.3 --- Vertex Processors --- p.25Chapter 3.3.4 --- Fragment Processors --- p.26Chapter 3.3.5 --- Frame Buffer Operations --- p.28Chapter 3.4 --- GPU CPU Analogy --- p.31Chapter 3.4.1 --- Memory Architecture --- p.31Chapter 3.4.2 --- Processing Model --- p.32Chapter 3.4.3 --- Limitation of GPU --- p.33Chapter 3.4.4 --- Input and Output --- p.34Chapter 3.4.5 --- Data Readback --- p.34Chapter 3.4.6 --- FramebufFer --- p.34Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.35Chapter 4 --- Volume Rendering --- p.37Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.37Chapter 4.2 --- History of Volume Rendering --- p.38Chapter 4.3 --- Hardware Accelerated Volume Rendering --- p.40Chapter 4.3.1 --- Hardware Acceleration Volume Rendering Methods --- p.41Chapter 4.3.2 --- Proxy Geometry --- p.42Chapter 4.3.3 --- Object-Aligned Slicing --- p.43Chapter 4.3.4 --- View-Aligned Slicing --- p.45Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.48Chapter 5 --- GPU-Friendly Marching Cubes --- p.49Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.49Chapter 5.2 --- Previous Work --- p.50Chapter 5.3 --- Traditional Method --- p.52Chapter 5.3.1 --- Scalar Volume Data --- p.53Chapter 5.3.2 --- Isosurface Extraction --- p.53Chapter 5.3.3 --- Flow Chart --- p.54Chapter 5.3.4 --- Transparent Isosurfaces --- p.56Chapter 5.4 --- Our Method --- p.56Chapter 5.4.1 --- Cell Selection --- p.59Chapter 5.4.2 --- Vertex Labeling --- p.61Chapter 5.4.3 --- Cell Indexing --- p.62Chapter 5.4.4 --- Interpolation --- p.65Chapter 5.5 --- Rendering Translucent Isosurfaces --- p.67Chapter 5.6 --- Implementation and Results --- p.69Chapter 5.7 --- Summary --- p.74Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.76Bibliography --- p.7