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We describe our recent work in applying physically-based global illumination to fiber tractography. The geometry of the fiber tracts is derived from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) datasets acquired from the white matter in the human brain. Most visualization systems display such fiber tracts using local illumination, a rendering technology provided by the video card on a typical desktop computer. There is indirect evidence that the human visual system perceives the shape of a fiber more quickly and more accurately when physically-based illumination is employed.
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Banks, D.C., Westin, CF. (2008). Global Illumination of White Matter Fibers from DT-MRI Data. In: Linsen, L., Hagen, H., Hamann, B. (eds) Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72630-2_10
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