voxel

Volumetric image unit

A voxel is a unit of three-dimensional space, the 3D equivalent of a pixel.

Where pixels form flat images on screens, voxels represent points in a volume—used in medical imaging, scientific visualization, and certain video game graphics: The CT scan rendered the tumor as a cluster of voxels.

The term combines "volume" and "pixel."

geometry

cube

Six-squared-faced solid

  • blockSolid mass, or impede
  • gridFramework of intersecting lines
  • latticeOpenwork of crossed strips

cell · spatial · three-dimensional · discrete · unit · element · volumetric · tessellation · uniform · isometric

rendering

raytracing

Simulated light propagation method

mesh · rasterization · lighting · antialiasing · resolution · interpolation · trilinear · splatting · sparse

medical

CT

Tomographic imaging method

slice · segmentation · reconstruction · imaging · radiological · density · cross-section · anatomical · tissue · tumor

simulation

terrain

Land's physical features

deformation · procedural · sandbox · particle · dynamic · collision · erosion · world-building · environment · generation

Categories
Opposites
dimensionality

voxelpixel

Smallest display unit

bitmap

discreteness

voxelvector graphics

Equation-based image format

wireframe · spline

Family

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