@misc{wang2012modeling, author = {Wang, Jiaping and Lin, Steve and Guo, Baining}, title = {Modeling and rendering of heterogeneous translucent materials using the diffusion equation}, year = {2012}, month = {August}, abstract = {An exemplary method includes providing image data for an illuminated physical sample of a heterogeneous translucent material, determining one or more material properties of the material based in part on a diffusion equation where one of the material properties is a diffusion coefficient for diffusion of radiation in the material and where the determining includes a regularization term for the diffusion coefficient, mapping the one or more material properties to a virtual object volume, assigning virtual illumination conditions to the virtual object volume, and rendering the virtual object volume using the virtual illumination conditions as a boundary condition for a system of diffusion equations of the virtual object volume. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/modeling-rendering-heterogeneous-translucent-materials-using-diffusion-equation-2/}, edition = {US Patent 8243071 B2}, note = {US Patent 8243071 B2}, }