Maximum intensity projection using splatting in sheared object space

In this paper we present a new Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) algorithm which was implemented employing splatting in a shear-warp context. This al gorithm renders a MIP image by first splatting each voxel on two intermedia te spaces called "worksheet" and "shear image". Then, the maximum value is evaluated between worksheet and shear image. Finally, shear image is warped on the screen to generate the result image. Different footprints implement ing different quality modes are discussed. In addition, we introduced a lin e encoded indexing speed-up method to obtain interactive speed. This algori thm allows for a quantitative predictable trade-off between interactivity a nd image quality.