A scalable parallel cell-projection volume rendering algorithm for three-dimensional unstructured data

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A scalable parallel cell-projection volume rendering algorithm for three-dimensional unstructured data

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pages: 95 - ff.

Year of Publication: 1997

ISBN:1-58113-010-4

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Kwan-Liu Ma	Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, Mail Stop 403, 6 North Dryden Street, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Thomas W. Crockett	Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, Mail Stop 403, 6 North Dryden Street, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

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IEEE : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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