title: Ambient occlusion and edge cueing to enhance real time molecular visualization.
abstract: The paper presents a set of combined techniques to enhance the real-time visualization of simple or complex molecules (up to order of 106 atoms) space fill mode. The proposed approach includes an innovative technique for efficient computation and storage of ambient occlusion terms, a small set of GPU accelerated procedural impostors for space-fill and ball-and-stick rendering, and novel edge-cueing techniques. As a result, the user's understanding of the three-dimensional structure under inspection is strongly increased (even for still images), while the rendering still occurs in real time.
authors.affiliation: Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy. m.tarini@isti.cnr.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cignoni
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montani
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003463:Cues; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers