A system and method for rendering an MIP image that has reduced high frequency component loss and reduced chessboard artifacts. The method includes accessing volumetric data, having random noise. Rays are shot, or cast, through the volumetric data, onto a voxel grid, which has grid points. Sampling data...http://www.google.de/patents/US7903113?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7903113 - Systems and methods of image rendering from datasets