DIFFUSION BASED PHOTON MAPPING

Lars Schjøth, Ole Fogh Olsen, Jon Sporring

2006

Abstract

Density estimation employed in multi-pass global illumination algorithms give cause to a trade-off problem between bias and noise. The problem is seen most evident as blurring of strong illumination features. In particular this blurring erodes fine structures and sharp lines prominent in caustics. To address this problem we introduce a novel photon mapping algorithm based on nonlinear anisotropic diffusion. Our algorithm adapts according to the structure of the photon map such that smoothing occurs along edges and structures and not across. In this way we preserve the important illumination features, while eliminating noise. We call our method diffusion based photon mapping.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schjøth L., Fogh Olsen O. and Sporring J. (2006). DIFFUSION BASED PHOTON MAPPING . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, ISBN 972-8865-39-2, pages 168-175. DOI: 10.5220/0001358101680175

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp06,
author={Lars Schjøth and Ole Fogh Olsen and Jon Sporring},
title={DIFFUSION BASED PHOTON MAPPING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={168-175},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001358101680175},
isbn={972-8865-39-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,
TI - DIFFUSION BASED PHOTON MAPPING
SN - 972-8865-39-2
AU - Schjøth L.
AU - Fogh Olsen O.
AU - Sporring J.
PY - 2006
SP - 168
EP - 175
DO - 10.5220/0001358101680175