{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1994045646","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","title":"Discrete ray tracing","display_name":"Discrete ray tracing","publication_year":1992,"publication_date":"1992-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1994045646","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","mag":"1994045646"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/38.156009","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S105380075","display_name":"IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications","issn_l":"0272-1716","issn":["0272-1716","1558-1756"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","medline","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5088016700","display_name":"Roni Yagel","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I52357470","display_name":"The Ohio State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00rs6vg23","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I52357470"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"R. Yagel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ohio State Uinversity, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ohio State Uinversity, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I52357470"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"D. Cohen","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D. Cohen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel-Aviv University, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel-Aviv University, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039517392","display_name":"Arie E. Kaufman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-6196","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-6196"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59553526","display_name":"Stony Brook University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qghxh33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I59553526"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Kaufman","raw_affiliation_strings":["State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59553526"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":2995,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2995},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":13.5744,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":157,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99308756,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":"5","first_page":"19","last_page":"28"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10481","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1704","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10481","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1704","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12923","display_name":"Digital Image Processing Techniques","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10719","display_name":"3D Shape Modeling and Analysis","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2206","display_name":"Computational Mechanics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/voxel-representation","display_name":"voxel representation","score":0.7179999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/voxelization","display_name":"voxelization","score":0.6439999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rasterization","display_name":"rasterization","score":0.7099999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ray-surface-intersection","display_name":"ray-surface intersection","score":0.9380000233650208}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54170458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q663554","display_name":"Voxel","level":2,"score":0.7847073078155518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181844469","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182270","display_name":"Raster graphics","level":2,"score":0.7385731339454651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121483023","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7298343","display_name":"Ray tracing (physics)","level":2,"score":0.7330594062805176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6703758239746094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5000622272491455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.4985079765319824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138673069","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322229","display_name":"Tracing","level":2,"score":0.4822255074977875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160633673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355198","display_name":"Pixel","level":2,"score":0.45519766211509705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.43463635444641113},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145406643","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2641959","display_name":"Raster scan","level":2,"score":0.4230087399482727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.41291549801826477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.11374735832214355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.09698262810707092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/38.156009","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/38.156009","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S105380075","display_name":"IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications","issn_l":"0272-1716","issn":["0272-1716","1558-1756"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","medline","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W11014440","https://openalex.org/W636750627","https://openalex.org/W1504066312","https://openalex.org/W1531421145","https://openalex.org/W1532701078","https://openalex.org/W1550436575","https://openalex.org/W1963545167","https://openalex.org/W1979460674","https://openalex.org/W1998594918","https://openalex.org/W2026058811","https://openalex.org/W2034927886","https://openalex.org/W2090119071","https://openalex.org/W2116894818","https://openalex.org/W2119231080","https://openalex.org/W2130037047","https://openalex.org/W2161385148","https://openalex.org/W2172280673","https://openalex.org/W2986047257","https://openalex.org/W3005711064","https://openalex.org/W4234809377","https://openalex.org/W4237648096","https://openalex.org/W4244121685"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2809035266","https://openalex.org/W1990847150","https://openalex.org/W2788336282","https://openalex.org/W7096083932","https://openalex.org/W1586176821","https://openalex.org/W2780165563","https://openalex.org/W1991354531","https://openalex.org/W1503648253","https://openalex.org/W1482307161","https://openalex.org/W1532701078"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Discrete":[0],"ray":[1,6,12,94,138],"tracing,":[2],"or":[3,70,76],"3-D":[4,21,25,33,106,123,142,149],"raster":[5,27,41,150],"tracing":[7,13],"(RRT),":[8],"which,":[9],"unlike":[10],"existing":[11],"methods":[14],"that":[15,59,79,84,109],"use":[16],"geometric":[17,101],"representation":[18,113,120],"for":[19,30],"the":[20,32,36,73,97,100,111,115,122,126,135,148,153,169],"scene":[22,34],"employs":[23,130],"a":[24,39,45,53,118,131,158,162,178],"discrete":[26,93,119,132,143],"of":[28,42,57,72,114,134,177,186],"voxels":[29],"representing":[31,66],"in":[35,87,140,184],"same":[37],"way":[38],"2-D":[40,46],"pixels":[43],"represents":[44],"image,":[47],"is":[48,52,82,103],"discussed.":[49],"Each":[50],"voxel":[51,91,98,160],"small":[54],"quantum":[55],"unit":[56],"volume":[58],"has":[60],"numeric":[61],"values":[62],"associated":[63],"with":[64],"it":[65],"some":[67],"measurable":[68],"properties":[69],"attributes":[71],"real":[74],"object":[75],"phenomenon":[77],"at":[78],"voxel.":[80,156],"It":[81],"shown":[83],"RRT":[85,129,170],"operates":[86],"two":[88],"phases:":[89],"preprocessing":[90],"and":[92],"tracing.":[95],"In":[96,125],"phase,":[99,128],"model":[102,116],"digitized":[104],"using":[105],"scan-conversion":[107],"algorithms":[108],"convert":[110],"continuous":[112],"into":[117],"within":[121],"raster.":[124],"second":[127],"variation":[133],"conventional":[136],"recursive":[137],"tracer":[139],"which":[141],"rays":[144],"are":[145,182],"traversed":[146],"through":[147],"to":[151],"find":[152],"first":[154],"surface":[155],"Encountering":[157],"nontransparent":[159],"indicates":[161],"ray-surface":[163],"hit.":[164],"Results":[165],"obtained":[166],"by":[167],"running":[168],"software":[171],"one":[172,173],"20-MIPS":[174],"(25-GHz)":[175],"processor":[176],"Silicon":[179],"Graphics":[180],"4D/240GTX":[181],"presented":[183],"terms":[185],"CPU":[187],"time.>":[188]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}