Systems and methods for rendering a simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image for a gaming application
A vessel network mesh and a tool mesh can be created for every frame of the gaming application. The simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image can be rendered using vessel network meshes and a pixel shader.
1. A method for rendering a simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image for a gaming application, comprising:
creating a vessel network mesh and a tool mesh for every frame of the gaming application; and
rendering the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image using vessel network meshes and a pixel shader, the rendering comprising:
determining front faces of the vessel network meshes;
determining back faces of the vessel network meshes;
wherein the rendering of the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image is order-independent; and
wherein the order-independent rendering of the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image is done using floating point addition and by rendering rasterized triangles on the vessel network meshes; and
wherein, based on the order-independence of the floating point addition, attenuation in the vessel network mesh is linearly proportional to a distance traveled through the vessel network mesh.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using anatomical meshes of a patient.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
applying an effect to the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the effect comprises: a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, and a panini projection effect.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein RGB is used to apply the effect.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the effect comprises at least two of:
a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, and a panini projection effect.
7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the effect comprises at least three of:
a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, and a panini projection effect.
8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the effect comprises at least four of:
a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, and a panini projection effect.
9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the effect comprises at least five of:
a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, and a panini projection effect.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising assigning a node attribute comprising physical simulation.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attenuation can use distance from: a camera, the front faces of the vessel network meshes, and the back faces of the vessel network meshes.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the attenuation can use distance from: a camera, the front faces of the vessel network meshes, and the back faces of the vessel network meshes.
13. A system for rendering a simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image for a gaming application, comprising:
a processor configured for:
creating a vessel network mesh and a tool mesh for every frame of the gaming application; and
rendering the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image using vessel network meshes and a pixel shader, the rendering comprising:
determining front faces of the vessel network meshes; and
determining back faces of the vessel network meshes;
wherein the rendering of the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image is order-independent; and
wherein the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image is rendered using floating-point addition; and
wherein, based on the order-independence of the floating point addition, attenuation in the vessel network mesh is linearly proportional to a distance traveled through the vessel network mesh.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
using anatomical meshes of a patient.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the rendering of the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image is done by rendering rasterized triangles on the vessel network meshes.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
applying an effect to the simulated fluoroscopic x-ray image.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured for: a vignette effect, a color grading effect, a bloom effect, a composite final image, a color chromatic effect, a motion blur effect, a different lens distortion effect, a panini projection effect, or any combination thereof.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein RGB is used to apply the effect.
19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
assigning a node attribute comprising physical simulation.