Fovia

(Booth 9546) Fovia of Palo Alto, CA, will demonstrate its High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR) software, designed for client/server-based rendering of large-volume datasets.

The current upper limit for Fovia's HDVR engine is 4096 x 4096 x 4096 datasets, far larger than the images being generated by state-of-the-art scanners, which typically generate volumes that are 512 x 512 x "Z" voxels, according to the company. The company claims that HDVR is able to interactively render large datasets without downsampling or resampling.

HDVR features include on-the-fly, interactive data supersampling with off-the-shelf hardware; a software-only approach that the company claims is faster than specialized hardware with application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or video card-based approaches; remote rendering over the Internet or wireless networks; native support for embedded polygon objects; and on-the-fly auto-navigation for fly-throughs.

Fovia designed the software to be integrated into products from medical imaging OEMs, allowing PACS firms, modality manufacturers, and other companies to offer 3D with their products.