Fig. 2

Different channel-intermixing modes use two data streaming orders for multichannel data. a For the layered and composite-intermixing modes, channels are streamed at the highest level. In this level, each channel is rendered and composited in sequence. Within the level of each channel, bricks are rendered in sequence. Then, within each brick, slices are rendered in sequence. b For the depth channel-intermixing mode, the streaming order is shifted, where bricks are at the highest level. Within each brick, slices are rendered in sequence. Then, within each slice, channels are rendered in sequence. By shifting the order of data streaming and applying different compositing methods, a variety of rendering effects become available