title: Applications of ray tracing in molecular graphics.
abstract: Ray tracing is an elegant and powerful technique for creating computer-generated images. The wide variety of geometric primitives and realistic effects, such as reflections, transparency, and shadows, make it one of the most popular rendering methods in use today. We present a brief introduction to ray tracing and discuss some of the computational issues involved. Examples illustrate ray tracing's effectiveness for producing high-quality visualizations of molecular structures.
authors.affiliation: Cray Research Inc., North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park 27709.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Hausheer
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Saxe
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure