Computer graphics (CG) and animation are reaching previously unparalleled levels. They are now virtually ubiquitous in most visual media; so much so that the general audience is starting to develop a blasé attitude towards them. For example, nowadays only the most extensive computer graphics and animation efforts in movies manage to draw any admiration from the viewer. Computer animation in TV ...

In this paper, we investigate a new approach to the cooccurrence matrix currently used to extract textural features: co-occurrence matrices for volumetric data. While traditional texture metrics have concentrated on 2D texture, 3D imaging modalities are becoming more and more prevalent, providing the possibility of examining texture as a volumetric phenomenon. Just as computer graphics have use...