A new method of volume rendering applied to a seismic dataset of the Barnett shale

摘要

Volume rendering is a very intensive graphical process,resulting in relatively slow performance. The manufacturers of 3D graphics cards have been relentlessly improving the bus speed and increasing the size of the graphics memory on these cards. Now the capability of these cards has increased to the point where useful sized volumes of 3D seismic data can be downloaded onto the card and then rendered locally. This provides dramatic improvements in both rendering quality and speed.