Klaus Mueller

Publication List Details

Period

1981 - 2009

Number

101

Co-Authors

GPU-based ultra fast IMRT plan optimization (2009)

Men, Chunhua, Gu, Xuejun, Choi, Dongju, Majumdar, Amitava, Zheng, Ziyi, Mueller, Klaus, ...

The widespread adoption of on-board volumetric imaging in cancer radiotherapy has stimulated research efforts to develop online adaptive radiotherapy techniques to handle the inter-fraction variation...

ABSTRACT Dispersion Simulation and Visualization for Urban Security (2009)

Feng Qiu, Ye Zhao, Zhe Fan, Xiaoming Wei, Haik Lorenz, Jianning Wang, ...

We present a system for simulating and visualizing the propagation of dispersive contaminants with an application to urban security. In particular, we simulate airborne contaminant propagation in...

ABSTRACT Methods for Efficient, High Quality Volume Resampling in the Frequency Domain (2009)

Aili Li, Klaus Mueller

Resampling is a frequent task in visualization and medical imaging. It occurs whenever images or volumes are magnified, rotated, translated, or warped. Resampling is also an integral procedure in the...

Accelerated, High-Quality Refraction Computations for Volume Graphics (2008)

E. Gröller, I. Fujishiro (editors, Shengying Li, Klaus Mueller

We present an efficient framework for the high-quality rendering of discretely sampled surface-based objects with refractive effects. This requires an accurate estimation of the refraction...

Applications of Optimal Sampling Lattices for Volume Acquisition via 3D Computed Tomography (2008)

H. C. Hege, R. Machiraju (editors, Fang Xu, Klaus Mueller

There has been mounting evidence that the familiar Cartesian lattices, while convenient for signal processing and representation, are sub-optimal when it comes to signal fidelity. More suitable in...

of Analysts ” book Motivating Quote (2008)

Graph-based Analytics, Klaus Mueller, Gary Ackerman, Gary Ackerman

“There are tools where they build a world in a bottle. They put down every single mosque, river, camel, and school in, say, Saudi Arabia. Then they have millions of software agents who each have...

Short Camera Exposure (2008)

Klaus Mueller

Aperture: opening size of the lens shutter • the smaller, the sharper the picture (but the less light gets through) Exposure time: time the lens shutter is open • the smaller, the less light gets...

A Fast and Accurate Projection Algorithm for 3D Cone-Beam Reconstruction with the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) (2008)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

The prime motivation of this work is to devise a projection algorithm that makes the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) and related methods more efficient for routine clinical use without...

Sequential CT (2008)

Klaus Mueller

advance table with patient after each

Lattice-Based Volumetric Global Illumination (2008)

Feng Qiu, Fang Xu, Zhe Fan, Neophytou Neophytos, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller, ...

Abstract—We describe a novel volumetric global illumination framework based on the Face-Centered Cubic (FCC) lattice. An FCC lattice has important advantages over a Cartesian lattice. It has higher...

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Fang Xu, Klaus Mueller

The energy collected in bin(u, v) on the detector from a X-ray source is C ( u, v) ϕ

GPU-Accelerated Volume Splatting With Elliptical RBFs (2008)

Thomas Ertl, Ken Joy, Beatriz Santos (editors, Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, Kevin T. Mcdonnell, ...

Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) have become a popular rendering primitive, both in surface and in volume rendering. This paper focuses on volume visualization, giving rise to 3D kernels. RBFs are...

Uniform Texture Synthesis and Texture Mapping Using Global Parameterization (2008)

Lujin Wang, Xianfeng Gu, Klaus Mueller, Shing-tung Yau

Abstract Texture mapping and texture synthesis are two popular methods for the decoration of surfaces with visual detail. Here, an existing challenge is to preserve, or at least balance, two...

A Comparison Of Normal Estimation Schemes (2008)

Torsten Merf, Raghu Machiraju, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagell

Tire task of reconstructing the derivative of a discrete fin&on is essential for its shading and rendering as well as being widely used in image processing and analysis. We survey the possible...

ABSTRACT On The Simplification Of Radial Basis Function Fields For Volume Rendering: Some Practical Insights (2008)

Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, Kevin T. Mcdonnell

Volume rendering with splatting most commonly decomposes a volume dataset into a field of overlapping radial basis function (RBF) kernels, such as Gaussians. The rendering effort is directly related...

ABSTRACT Melting and Flowing in Multiphase Environment (2008)

Ye Zhao, Lujin Wang, Feng Qiu, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller

This paper presents a method to simulate the melting and flowing phenomena with different materials in multiple phases. In such a multiphase environment, solid objects are melted because of heating...

Conjoint Analysis to Measure the Perceived Quality in Volume Rendering ∗ (2008)

Joachim Giesen, Klaus Mueller, Senior Member, Ieee Eva, Schuberth Lujin Wang, Peter Zolliker Member

Abstract—Visualization algorithms can have a large number of parameters, making the space of possible rendering results rather high-dimensional. Only a systematic analysis of the perceived quality...

FAST MARCHING METHOD TO CORRECT FOR REFRACTION IN ULTRASOUND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (2008)

Shengying Li, Klaus Mueller, Marcel Jackowski, Donald P. Dione, Lawrence H. Staib

A significant obstacle in the advancement of Ultrasound Computed Tomography has been the lack of efficient and precise methods for the tracing of the bent rays that result from the interaction of...

SPIE Medical Imaging 2007 Hardware acceleration vs. algorithmic acceleration: Can GPU-based processing beat complexity optimization for CT? (2008)

Neophytos Neophytou, Fang Xu, Klaus Mueller

Three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) is a compute-intensive process, due to the large amounts of source and destination data, and this limits the speed at which a reconstruction can be...

Conceptual Design of a Proton Computed Tomography System for Applications in Proton Radiation Therapy (2008)

Reinhard Schulte, Vladimir Bashkirov, Tianfang Li, Zhengrong Liang, Klaus Mueller, Jason Heimann, ...

Abstract—Proton computed tomography (pCT) has the potential to improve the accuracy of dose calculations for proton treatment planning, and will also be useful for pretreatment verification of...

Abstract EngineRoom: A Comparative Development Environment For Volume Rendering Engines (2008)

Michael A. Steinberg, Klaus Mueller, Robert Kelly

This paper describes Engine Room, a unifying system architecture for comparative volume rendering, fast prototyping of system components, and teaching. Engine Room’s manager-driven architecture is...

Clinical Image Processing Services (2008)

Ingmar Bitter, Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, Arie E. Kaufman

This paper discusses how to squeeze volume rendering into as few bits per operation as possible while still retaining excellent image quality. For each of the typical volume rendering pipeline stages...

K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.F. Cornhill: Accelerating the Anti-aliased Algebraic Reconstruction Technique Accelerating the Anti-aliased Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) by Table-based Voxel Backward Projection (2008)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, J. Fredrick Cornhill

when the projections are sparse, noisy, or non-uniformly distributed. Recently, ART was also shown to be useful for PET. Reconstructions obtained with ART often exhibit considerable noise artifacts...

Interactive Poster: A Hardware-Accelerated Rubbersheet Focus + Context Technique for Radial Dendrograms (2008)

Peter Imrich, Klaus Mueller, Dan Imre, Alla Zelenyuk, Wei Zhu

Previous focus+context techniques for radial dendrograms only allow users to either stretch the display along the radius or the angle. In this poster, we present an interactive, hardware-accelerated...

Abstract Subdivision Volume Splatting (2008)

Ken Museth, Torsten Möller, Anders Ynnerman (editors, K. T. Mcdonnell, Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, ...

Volumetric Subdivision (VS) is a powerful paradigm that enables volumetric sculpting and realistic volume deformations that give rise to the concept of “virtual clay”. In VS, volumes are commonly...

GPU-Accelerated Volume Splatting With Elliptical RBFs (2008)

Thomas Ertl, Ken Joy, Beatriz Santos (editors, Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, Kevin T. Mcdonnell, ...

Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) have become a popular rendering primitive, both in surface and in volume rendering. This paper focuses on volume visualization, giving rise to 3D kernels. RBFs are...

ABSTRACT Methods for Efficient, High Quality Volume Resampling in the Frequency Domain (2008)

Aili Li, Klaus Mueller

Resampling is a frequent task in visualization and medical imaging. It occurs whenever images or volumes are magnified, rotated, translated, or warped. Resampling is also an integral procedure in the...

SPIE Electronic Imaging 2007, Computational Imaging V Keynote Why do Commodity Graphics Hardware Boards (GPUs) work so well for acceleration of Computed Tomography? (2008)

Klaus Mueller, Fang Xu, Neophytos Neophytou

Commodity graphics hardware boards (GPUs) have achieved remarkable speedups in various sub-areas of Computed Tomography (CT). This paper takes a close look at the GPU architecture and its programming...

An Image-Based Modelling Approach To GPU-based Unstructured Grid Volume Rendering (2008)

T. Möller, R. Machiraju, T. Ertl, M. Chen (editors, Naeem Shareef, Teng-yok Lee, ...

Unstructured grid volume rendering on the GPU is an ongoing research goal. The main difficulty is how to map the irregular data efficiently to the graphics hardware. Grid cells cannot be directly...

Accelerated, High-Quality Refraction Computations for Volume Graphics (2008)

E. Gröller, I. Fujishiro (editors, Shengying Li, Klaus Mueller

We present an efficient framework for the high-quality rendering of discretely sampled surface-based objects with refractive effects. This requires an accurate estimation of the refraction...

EUROGRAPHICS 2006 / D. W. Fellner and C. Hansen Short Papers Real-time Reflection using Ray Tracing with Geometry Field (2008)

Shengying Li, Zhe Fan, Xiaotian Yin, Klaus Mueller, Arie E. Kaufman, Xianfeng Gu

A novel method for accurate reflections in real time is introduced using ray tracing in geometry fields, which combine light fields with geometry images. The geometry field of a surface is defined...

A Perceptual Framework for Comparisons of Direct Volume Rendered Images (2008)

Hon-cheng Wong, Un-hong Wong, Zesheng Tang, Klaus Mueller

Abstract. Direct volume rendering (DVR) has been widely used by physicians, scientists, and engineers in many applications. There are various DVR algorithms and the images generated by these...

Volume Exploration Made Easy Using Feature Maps (2008)

Klaus Mueller, Sarang Lakare, Arie Kaufman

We present a framework that enables an intuitive, feature-centric exploration of segmented volumetric datasets. Our system is geared towards users familiar with the basic elements of volume...

Uniform Texture Synthesis and Texture Mapping Using Global Parameterization (2008)

Lujin Wang, Xianfeng Gu, Klaus Mueller, Shing-tung Yau

Abstract Texture mapping and texture synthesis are two popular methods for the decoration of surfaces with visual detail. Here, an existing challenge is to preserve, or at least balance, two...

Design of a Proton Computed Tomography System for Applications in Proton Radiation Therapy (2008)

Reinhard Schulte, Vladimir Bashkirov, Tianfang Li, Jerome Z. Liang, Klaus Mueller, Jason Heimann, ...

Abstract—Proton computed tomography (pCT) has the potential to improve the accuracy of dose calculations for proton treatment planning, and will also be useful for pretreatment verification of...

EUROGRAPHICS 2006 / D. W. Fellner and C. Hansen Short Papers Real-time Reflection using Ray Tracing with Geometry Field (2008)

Shengying Li, Zhe Fan, Xiaotian Yin, Klaus Mueller, Arie E. Kaufman, Xianfeng Gu

A novel method for accurate reflections in real time is introduced using ray tracing in geometry fields, which combine light fields with geometry images. The geometry field of a surface is defined...

Perspective Splatting (2007)

J. Edward, Swan Ii, Klaus Mueller, Torsten Möller, Naeem Shareef, Roger Crawfis, ...

Splatting is a popular direct volume rendering algorithm that was originally conceived and implemented to render orthographic projections. This paper describes an anti-aliasing extension to the basic...

Volumetric Global Illumination and Reconstruction via Energy Backprojection (2007)

Frank Dachille IX, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

Volumetric energy backprojection captures the effects of myriad physical processes including global illumination and reconstruction. We present a method to perform efficient volumetric backprojection...

Accurate Low-Contrast 3D Cone-Beam Reconstruction With Algebraic Methods (2007)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

This paper examines the use of the Algebraic Reconstruction Method (ART) and related techniques to reconstruct 3D objects from a relatively sparse set of cone-beam projection data. Although ART has...

PsychiatryRsych (2007)

Ch Neuroimaging See, Nora D. Volkow, Wei Zhu, Christoph A. Felder, Klaus Mueller, Tomihisa F. Welsh, ...

Imaging studies have reported marked reductions in brain glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However, less is known about disruptions in the patterns of brain metabolic activity....

Point-based Surface Rendering with Motion Blur (2007)

M. Alexa, S. Rusinkiewicz, Xin Guan, Klaus Mueller

In this paper we show how to extend point-based surface rendering to illustrate object motion. We do this by first extruding the circular points into ellipsoids, which fill the space traced out by...

Visual Simulation of Heat Shimmering and Mirage (2007)

Ye Zhao, Yiping Han, Zhe Fan, Feng Qiu, Yu-chuan Kuo, Arie Kaufman, ...

Abstract — We provide a physically-based framework for simulating the natural phenomena related to heat interaction between objects and the surrounding air. We introduce a heat transfer model...

Visual Simulation of Heat Shimmering and Mirage (2007)

Ye Zhao, Yiping Han, Zhe Fan, Feng Qiu, Yu-chuan Kuo, Arie E. Kaufman, ...

Abstract—We provide a physically-based framework for simulating the natural phenomena related to heat interaction between objects and the surrounding air. We introduce a heat transfer model between...

IOP PUBLISHING PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY (2007)

Fang Xu, Klaus Mueller

Real-time 3D computed tomographic reconstruction

Visual Simulation of Heat Shimmering and Mirage (2007)

Ye Zhao, Yiping Han, Zhe Fan, Feng Qiu, Yu-chuan Kuo, Arie Kaufman, ...

Abstract — We provide a physically-based framework for simulating the natural phenomena related to heat interaction between objects and the surrounding air. We introduce a heat transfer model...

Melting and Flowing in Multiphase Environment (2006)

Ye Zhao, Lujin Wang, Feng Qiu, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller

This paper presents a method to simulate the melting and flowing phenomena with different materials in multiple phases. In such a multiphase environment, solid objects are melted because of heating...

Constructing 3D Elliptical Gaussians for Irregular Data (2006)

Wei Hong, Neophytos Neophytou, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

Summary. Volumetric datasets obtained from scientific simulation and partial differential equation solvers are typically given in the form of non-rectilinear grids. The splatting technique is a...

Practical considerations for GPU-accelerated CT (2006)

Klaus Mueller, Fang Xu

The introduction of programmability into commodity graphics hardware (GPUs) has enabled their use much beyond their native domain of computer graphics, in many areas of high performance computing. We...

SignatureSpace: a multidimensional, exploratory approach for the analysis of volume data (2005)

Mueller, Klaus, Bartz, Dirk, Pradhan, Kith

The analysis of volumetric data is a crucial part in the visualizationpipeline, since it determines the features in a volume dataset andhenceforth, also its rendering parameters. Unfortunately,...

Visual Computing for Medicine (2005)

Kith Pradhan, Dirk Bartz, Klaus Mueller, Graphisch-interaktive Systeme

The analysis of volumetric data is a crucial part in the visualization pipeline, since it determines the features in a volume dataset and henceforth, also its rendering parameters. Unfortunately,...

Third Generation Partnership Project 2," http://www.3gpp2.org (2005)

Satprem Pamudurthy, E Guan, Klaus Mueller, Miriam Rafailovich

Abstract. With the recent emphasis on homeland security, there is an increased interest in accurate and non-invasive techniques for face recognition. Most of the current techniques perform a...

The magic volume lens: An interactive focus+context technique for volume rendering (2005)

Lujin Wang, Ye Zhao, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

Figure 1: Magic volume lens results. (a) magnifying inside features in an arbitrary-shaped area on an engine, (b) applying sampling-rate-based lens on a foot, (c) enlarging area of interest on an...

The lattice-Boltzmann method for simulating gaseous phenomena (2004)

Xiaoming Wei, Student Member, Wei Li, Klaus Mueller, Arie E. Kaufman

Abstract—We present a physically-based, yet fast and simple method to simulate gaseous phenomena. In our approach, the incompressible Navier-Stokes (NS) equations governing fluid motion have been...

Feature preserving distance fields (2004)

Huamin Qu, Nan Zhang, Ran Shao, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller

We present two distance field representations which can preserve sharp features in original geometric models: the offset distance field (ODF) and the unified distance field (UDF). The ODF is sampled...

A.: The lattice-boltzmann method for gaseous phenomena (2004)

Xiaoming Wei, Wei Li, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

We present a physically-based, yet fast and simple method to simulate gaseous phenom-ena. In our approach, the incompressible Navier-Stokes (NS) equations governing fluid motion have been modeled in...

Feature preserving distance fields (2004)

Huamin Qu, Nan Zhang, Ran Shao, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller

We present two distance field representations which can preserve sharp features in original geometric models: the offset distance field (ODF) and the unified distance field (UDF). The ODF is sampled...

K.: Intractive transfer function modification for volume rendering using compressed sample runs (2003)

Vivek Srivastava, Uday Chebrolu, Klaus Mueller

This paper describes a software-based method for interactive transfer function modification. Our approach exploits the fact that, in general, a user will rarely want to modify the viewpoint and the...

Hardware Assisted Multichannel Volume Rendering (2003)

Abhijeet Ghosh, Poojan Prabhu, Arie E. Kaufman, Klaus Mueller

We explore real time volume rendering of multichannel data for volumes with color and multi-modal information. We demonstrate volume rendering of the Visible Human Male color dataset and...

Empty space skipping and occlusion clipping for texture-based volume rendering (2003)

Wei Li, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

Figure 1: Volumes rendered using 3D textures on commodity GPU. The rendering is accelerated by our empty space skipping. The images are identical to those rendered without the acceleration, while the...

K.: Intractive transfer function modification for volume rendering using compressed sample runs (2003)

Vivek Srivastava, Uday Chebrolu, Klaus Mueller

This paper describes a software-based method for interactive transfer function modification. Our approach exploits the fact that, in general, a user will rarely want to modify the viewpoint and the...

A frequency-sensitive point hierarchy for images and volumes (2003)

Tomihisa Welsh, Klaus Mueller

This paper introduces a method for converting an image or volume sampled on a regular grid into a space-efficient irregular point hierarchy. The conversion process retains the original frequency...

Empty space skipping and occlusion clipping for texture-based volume rendering (2003)

Wei Li, Klaus Mueller, Arie Kaufman

Figure 1: Volumes rendered using 3D textures on commodity GPU. The rendering is accelerated by our empty space skipping. The images are identical to those rendered without the acceleration, while the...

Further Evaluations of Collateral Damage. (2002)

Yengst,William, Mueller,Klaus, Swenson,John, Taylor,Duane, Vance,William

This report describes the results of a DNA project which had the objective of developing models and methodologies for the prediction of civilian casualties resulting from conventional weapon attacks....

Interactive Poster: Visual data mining with the interactive dendrogram (2002)

Peter Imrich, Klaus Mueller, Raymond Mugno, Dan Imre, Alla Zelenyuk, Wei Zhu

We describe the interactive dendogram, a visual framework for the mining, survey, and classification of large, high-dimensional data collections. The interactive dendogram is the visual front-end of...

Graphical strategies to convey functional relationships in the human brain: A case study (2001)

Tomihisa Welsh, Klaus Mueller, Wei Zhu, Nora Volkow, Jeffrey Meade

Brain imaging methods used in experimental brain research such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) require the analysis of large amounts of data....

Splatting With Shadows (2001)

Manjushree Nulkar, Klaus Mueller

Abstract. In this paper we describe an efficient approach to add shadows to volumetric scenes. The light emitted by the lightsource is properly attenuated by the intervening volumetric structures...

Graphical strategies to convey functional relationships in the human brain: A case study (2001)

Tomihisa Welsh, Klaus Mueller, Wei Zhu, Nora Volkow, Jeffrey Meade

Brain imaging methods used in experimental brain research such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Functional Magnetic Resonance WRI) require the analysis of large amounts of data. Exploratory...

Fastsplats: Optimized splatting on rectilinear grids (2000)

Jian Huang, Klaus Mueller, Naeem Shareef, Roger Crawfis

Splatting is widely applied in many areas, including volume, point-based, and image-based rendering. Improvements to splatting, such as eliminating popping and color bleeding, occlusion-based...

A practical evaluation of popular volume rendering algorithms (2000)

Michael Meißner, Jian Huang, Dirk Bartz, Klaus Mueller, Roger Crawfis

This paper evaluates and compares four volume rendering algorithms that have become rather popular for rendering datasets described on uniform rectilinear grids: raycasting, splatting, shear-warp,...

A practical evaluation of popular volume rendering algorithms (2000)

Michael Meißner, Jian Huang, Dirk Bartz, Klaus Mueller, Roger Crawfis

This paper evaluates and compares four volume rendering algorithms that have become rather popular for rendering datasets described on uniform rectilinear grids: raycasting, splatting, shear-warp,...

Fastsplats: Optimized splatting on rectilinear grids (2000)

Jian Huang, Klaus Mueller, Naeem Shareef, Roger Crawfis

Splatting is widely applied in many areas, including volume, point-based, and image-based rendering. Improvements to splatting, such as eliminating popping and color bleeding, occlusion-based...

Brainminer: A visualization tool for ROI-based discovery of functional relationships (2000)

Klaus Mueller, Klaus Mueller, Tom Welsh, Tom Welsh, Wei Zhu, Wei Zhu, ...

Brain imaging methods used in experimental brain research such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) require the analysis of vast amounts of data. Statistical...

A practical evaluation of popular volume rendering algorithms (2000)

Michael Meißner, Jian Huang, Dirk Bartz, Klaus Mueller, Roger Crawfis

This paper evaluates and compares four volume rendering algorithms that have become rather popular for rendering datasets described on uniform rectilinear grids: raycasting, splatting, shear-warp,...

High-Quality Splatting on Rectilinear Grids with Efficient Culling of Occluded Voxels (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Naeem Shareef, Jian Huang, Roger Crawils

Abstract--Splatting is a popular volume rendering algorithm that pairs good image quality with an efficient volume projection scheme. The current axis-aligned sheet-buffer approach, however, bears...

Anti-Aliased 3D Cone-Beam Reconstruction Of Low-Contrast Objects With Algebraic Methods (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

This paper examines the use of the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) and related techniques to reconstruct 3D objects from a relatively sparse set of cone-beam projections. Although ART has...

Fast Implementations of Algebraic Methods for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Cone-Beam Data (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

The prime motivation of this work is to devise techniques that make the algebraic reconstruction technique (ART) and related methods more efficient for routine clinical use, while not compromising...

Anti-Aliased Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Reconstruction of Low-Contrast Objects with Algebraic Methods (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

This paper examines the use of the algebraic reconstruction technique (ART) and related techniques to reconstruct 3-D objects from a relatively sparse set of cone-beam projections. Although ART has...

Spatial Domain Filter Design (1999)

Torsten Möller, Raghu Machiraju, Yair Kurzion, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel

In this paper, we present both a methodology and a rationale for designing filters based on spatial smoothness and accuracy criteria. Frequency based methods have been used to design function and...

On the Use of Graphics Hardware to Accelerate Algebraic Reconstruction Methods (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel

The Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) reconstructs a 2D or 3D object from its projections. It has, in certain scenarios, many advantages over the more popular Filtered Backprojection...

High-Quality Splatting on Rectilinear Grids with Efficient Culling of Occluded Voxels (1999)

Klaus Mueller, Naeem Shareef, Jian Huang, Roger Crawfis

AbstractÐSplatting is a popular volume rendering algorithm that pairs good image quality with an efficient volume projection scheme. The current axis-aligned sheet-buffer approach, however, bears...

Perspective Splatting (1998)

Mueller, Klaus, Moller, Torsten, Shareef, Naeem, Crawfis, Roger

Splatting is a popular direct volume rendering algorithm that was originally conceived and implemented to render orthographic projections. This paper describes an anti-aliasing extension to the basic...

Fast implementations of algebraic methods for the 3D reconstruction from cone-beam data,” in review (1998)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

The prime motivation of this work is to devise techniques that make the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) and related methods more efficient for routine clinical use, while not compromising...

Fast And Accurate Three-Dimensional Reconstruction From Cone-Beam Projection Data Using Algebraic Methods (1998)

Dr. Roni Yagel Adviser, Dr. Richard Parent, Dipl Ing (fh, Klaus Mueller, Klaus Mueller

Cone-beam computed tomography (CT) is an emerging imaging technology, as it provides all projections needed for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction in a single spin of the Xray source-detector...

Fast Implementations of Algebraic Methods for 3D Reconstruction from Cone-Beam Data (1998)

Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, John J. Wheller

The prime motivation of this work is to devise techniques that make the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) and related methods more efficient for routine clinical use, while not compromising...

Design Of Accurate And Smooth Filters For Function And Derivative Reconstruction (1998)

Torsten Mller Klaus, Klaus Mueller, Yair Kurzion, Raghu Machiraju, Roni Yagel

The correct choice of function and derivative reconstruction filters is paramount to obtaining highly accurate renderings. Most filter choices are limited to a set of commonly used functions, and the...

Design Of Accurate And Smooth Filters For Function And Derivative Reconstruction (1998)

Torsten Möller, Klaus Mueller, Yair Kurzion, Raghu Machiraju, Roni Yagel

The correct choice of function and derivative reconstruction filters is paramount to obtaining highly accurate renderings. Most filter choices are limited to a set of commonly used functions, and the...

Evaluation and Design of Filters Using a Taylor Series Expansion (1997)

Torsten Möller, Raghu Machiraju, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel

We describe a new method for analyzing, classifying, and evaluating filters that can be applied to interpolation filters as well as to arbitrary derivative filters of any order. Our analysis is based...

A Comparison of Normal Estimation Schemes (1997)

Torsten Möller, Raghu Machiraju, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel

The task of reconstructing the derivative of a discrete function is essential for its shading and rendering as well as being widely used in image processing and analysis. We survey the possible...

The Weighted Distance Scheme: A Globally Optimizing Projection Ordering Method for ART (1997)

Klaus Mueller Roni, Klaus Mueller, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, Roni Yagel, J. Fredrick Cornhill, ...

The order in which the projections are applied in the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) has a great effect on speed of convergence, accuracy and the amount of noise-like artifacts in the...

An Anti-Aliasing Technique for Splatting (1997)

J. Edward Swan, J. Edward, Torsten Möller, Naeem Shareef, Swan Ii, Klaus Mueller, ...

Splatting is a popular direct volume rendering algorithm. However, the algorithm does not correctly render cases where the volume sampling rate is higher than the image sampling rate (e.g. more than...

The Weighted Distance Scheme: A Globally Optimizing Projection Ordering Method for ART (1997)

Roni Yagel, Klaus Mueller, J. Fredrick Cornhill, Klaus Mueller

The order in which the projections are applied in the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) has a great effect on speed of convergence, accuracy and the amount of noise-like artifacts in the...

Classification and Local Error Estimation of Interpolation and. . . (1996)

Torsten Möller, Raghu Machiraju, Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel

We describe a new method for analyzing, classifying, and evaluating filters, which can be applied to interpolation filters, and derivative filters. Our analysis is based on the Taylor series...

Vertrauen zwischen Fremden – Zum Aufbau einer Joint-Venture-Culture in interkulturellen Verhandlungen (Trust Between Foreign Partners – How to Construct a Joint-Venture-Culture in Intercultural Negotiations)

Klaus Mueller

Diese Studie beschaeftigt sich mit Verhaltensweisen, die Geschaeftspartner annehmen, wenn sie im Rahmen internationaler und interkultureller Partnerschaften mit Fremden kooperieren. Ausgehend von...