Perm Web: remote parallel and distributed volume visualization [report]

C.M. Wittenbrink, K. Kim, J. Story, A. Pang, K. Hollerbach, N. Max
1997 unpublished
10 this paper we present a systmn for visualizing volume data from remote supercomputm (PermWeb). We have developed both parallel volume rendering algorithms, and the World Wide Web software for accessing the data at the remote sites. The implementation uses Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Java, and Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts to connect World Wkle Web (WWW) servers/clients to our volume renderers. The front ends are interactive Java classes for specification of view, shading, and
more » ... lassification inputs. We present perforrnrmceresults, and implementation details for connections to our computing rmourcea at the University of Cahfornia Santa Cruz inch.dng a MasPar MP-2, SGI Reality Engine-R.E2,and SGI Challenge machines. We apply the system to the task of visualizing trabecular bone from finite element simulations. Fast volume rendering on remote compute serversthrough a web interface allows us to increaw the sccessibfity of the results to mom users. User interface issues, overviews of paralld algorithm developments, and overall system interfaces and protocols are presented. Access is avdable through Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
doi:10.2172/642523 fatcat:ozgdciar6zfjbjlc2cebs5nplm