Abstract: A method of storing and restoring for replay a selected view from a series of views of a three dimensional image generated from an image object. The three dimensional image is generated in an image coordinate set of a coordinate space, and is configurable to sequentially make each view in the series of views viewable. Each view in the series of views has an associated configuration. The method comprises selecting a view from a series of views, storing an object unique identifier for the image object, storing the associated configuration for the selected view of the three dimensional image, retrieving the object unique identifier, retrieving the image object using the object unique identifier, retrieving the associated configuration for the selected view of a three dimensional image, generating the three dimensional image in the coordinate space from the image object, and configuring the three dimensional image to have the associated configuration for the selected view to make the selected view viewable.

Abstract: A method and system for selectively rendering a two dimensional view of a three dimensional image, in order to facilitate rapid three dimensional imaging in a realtime or static context. Specifically, the system includes means for identifying display coordinates that continue to show the same image coordinates from view to view, and bypasses rasterization for the next view for such display coordinates, thereby reducing the access to memory required in order to retrieve image data, as well as data processing time, all required to generate new two dimensional views of a three dimensional image.