Computer graphics spills from milk to medicine

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A blue iceberg at noon turns green in the evening. These bottle green icebergs are one of natures peculiarities. The authors simulated the properties of the green iceberg by including a small amount of minerals and only very little air and brine in t ...
A blue iceberg at noon turns green in the evening. These bottle green icebergs are one of nature's peculiarities. The authors simulated the properties of the green iceberg by including a small amount of minerals and only very little air and brine in the ice. The atmospheric lighting model uses Rayleigh scattering to obtain the spectral radiance for the skylight and the sun. Credit: UC San Diego

A new UC San Diego computer graphics model capable of generating realistic milk images based on the fat and protein content will likely push the field of computer graphics into the realms of diagnostic medicine, food safety and atmospheric science, according to a new study.


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