Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 461-476 , September 2009

Dynamic real-time 4D cardiac MDCT image display using GPU-accelerated volume rendering

Received 18 February 2008 ,Revised 16 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.04.002

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 461-476 , September 2009

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