---
title: "Acquiring Scattering Properties of Participating Media by Dilution"
authors: ["Srinivasa G. Narasimhan", "Mohit Gupta", "Craig Donner", "Ravi Ramamoorthi", "Shree K. Nayar", "Henrik Wann Jensen"]
year: 2006
venue: "SIGGRAPH / TOG"
arxiv: null
doi: "10.1145/1141911.1141986"
source: "https://doi.org/10.1145/1141911.1141986"
topics: [subsurface-scattering, translucent-materials]
seed_rank: 1327
seed_batch: "sss-translucent-2026-08-25"
reviewed: "2026-08-25"
pool: "graphics"
relevance_score: 7
lineage: translucent-materials
---

# Acquiring Scattering Properties of Participating Media by Dilution

## One-sentence takeaway

Measure participating-media properties by dilution.

## Problem

Predecessor chain Appearance capture for scattering media. This paper's job: Measure participating-media properties by dilution.

## Design

Measure participating-media properties by dilution. Lineage: Appearance capture for scattering media.

## Evidence

SIGGRAPH / TOG 2006. DOI `10.1145/1141911.1141986`. Measure participating-media properties by dilution.

## Limitations

Acquisition or fabrication paper, not an integrator. Assumes a forward SSS model.

## Implications for Broadside

Capture and perception papers say which parameters to store, not how Anoptic evaluates them. The renderer still lacks an SSS operator. Do not claim they already have SSS.

## Bottom line

Mint this 2006 SIGGRAPH / TOG paper. Measure participating-media properties by dilution.

## Links

- DOI: [10.1145/1141911.1141986](https://doi.org/10.1145/1141911.1141986)