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Ray tracing (graphics)

Known as: Ray-trace, RT, Ray tracer 
In computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for generating an image by tracing the path of light through pixels in an image plane and simulating… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Parallel Fast KD‐tree Construction for Interactive Ray Tracing of Dynamic Scenes
We present a highly parallel, linearly scalable technique of kd‐tree construction for ray tracing of dynamic geometry. We use… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Upper mantle structure beneath the Alpine orogen from high‐resolution teleseismic tomography
[1] To understand the evolution of the Alpine orogen, knowledge of the actual structure of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Ray tracing on programmable graphics hardware
Recently a breakthrough has occurred in graphics hardware: fixed function pipelines have been replaced with programmable vertex… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
X-ray imaging with submicrometer resolution employing transparent luminescent screens
Microimaging techniques with synchrotron radiation demand fast, on-line x-ray detectors with a spatial resolution in the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Fractionation of silicon isotopes by marine diatoms during biogenic silica formation
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Spectrally optimal sampling for distribution ray tracing
Nonuniform sampling of images is a useful technique in computer graphics, because a properly designed pattern of samples can make… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Adaptive radiosity textures for bidirectional ray tracing
We present a rendering method designed to provide accurate, general simulation of global illumination for realistic image… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Finite‐difference calculation of traveltimes in three dimensions
The traveltimes of first arriving seismic rays through most velocity structures can be computed rapidly on a three-dimensional… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Fast ray tracing by ray classification
We describe a new approach to ray tracing which drastically reduces the number of ray-object and ray-bounds intersection… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ray tracing parametric patches
This paper describes an algorithm that uses ray tracing techniques to display bivariate polynomial surface patches. A new… 
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