GPU accelerated plant growth modeling and visualization

Xing Zhao*, Jingjing Hu, Mengzhen Kang

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Abstract

We present a GPU-accelerated algorithm for plant growth modeling and visualization. In this algorithm, plant topological structures and geometrical structures are represented separately. Plant topological structures are generated by dual-scale automaton, and geometrical structures are dynamically constructed in parallel by the geometry shader of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This scheme greatly reduces the amount of transferred data between main memory and GPU memory, and speeds up plant growth modeling and rendering without compromising image quality. An application for cotton growth modeling and visualization is given in detail to confirm the advantages of the proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPlant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, Proceedings - PMA09
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages441-444
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780769539881
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event3rd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA09 - Beijing, China
Duration: 9 Nov 200913 Nov 2009

Publication series

NamePlant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, Proceedings - PMA09

Conference

Conference3rd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA09
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period9/11/0913/11/09

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