| 1978 | 3-D graphic display of discrete spatial data by prism maps. W. Randolph Franklin, Harry R. Lewis |
| 1978 | A chip for low-cost raster-scan graphic display. Philippe Matherat |
| 1978 | A fast and economic scan-to-line-conversion algorithm. Gerd Woetzel |
| 1978 | A fixed grid curve representation for efficient processing. Warren Burton |
| 1978 | A flexible, high performance interactive graphics system. Roger J. Hubbold, P. J. Bramhall |
| 1978 | A generalized graphic preprocessor for two-dimensional finite element analysis. Robert Haber, Mark S. Shepard, John F. Abel, Richard Gallagher, Donald Greenberg |
| 1978 | A graphics-based programming-support system. Hans-Peter Frei, Daniel L. Weller, Robin Williams |
| 1978 | A hidden-surface algorithm with anti-aliasing. Edwin E. Catmull |
| 1978 | A high performance graphics system for the CRAY-1. Robert H. Ewald, Lynn D. Maas |
| 1978 | A microcomputer based system for automated pattern digitization and editing. T. J. Pavliscak, Garrett Ward Stowell, Michael J. Bailey |
| 1978 | A microprocessor display controller for combining refresh and storage tube graphics. Steven G. Satterfield, Francisco A. Rodriguez, David F. Rogers |
| 1978 | A microprocessor-assisted graphics system. Griffith Hamlin Jr., Thomas W. Crockett |
| 1978 | A scan line algorithm for computer display of curved surfaces. Turner Whitted |
| 1978 | A scan line algorithm for displaying parametrically defined surfaces. James F. Blinn |
| 1978 | A sensor simulation and animation system. Timothy Zimmerlin, John Stanley, Warren Stone |
| 1978 | A system for interactive modeling of physical curved surface objects. James N. England |
| 1978 | A unified approach to geometric modelling. A. Robin Forrest |
| 1978 | Algorithms for image/vector conversion. Azriel Rosenfeld |
| 1978 | An implementation of the ACM/SIGGRAPH proposed graphics standard in a multisystem environment. Richard G. Kellner, Theodore N. Reed, Ann Solem |
| 1978 | An interactive graphics application to advanced aircraft design. D. L. Bouquet |
| 1978 | Application of shape-preserving spline interpolation to interactive editing of photogrammetric data. Lionel E. Deimel, Calvin Lee Doss III, Robert J. Fornaro, David F. McAllister, John A. Roulier |
| 1978 | BASIC Zgrass - a sophisticated graphics language for the Bally Home Library Computer. Thomas A. DeFanti, Jay Fenton, Nola Donato |
| 1978 | Casting curved shadows on curved surfaces. Lance Williams |
| 1978 | Characterizing non-ideal shapes in terms of dimensions and tolerances. R. C. Hillyard, I. C. Braid |
| 1978 | Clipping using homogeneous coordinates. James F. Blinn, Martin E. Newell |
| 1978 | Color gamut transform pairs. Alvy Ray Smith |
| 1978 | Color spaces for computer graphics. George Joblove, Donald P. Greenberg |
| 1978 | Comparing figures by regression. Waldo Tobler |
| 1978 | Computer Generation of Texture Using a Syntactic Approach. King-Sun Fu, Shin-Yee Lu |
| 1978 | Computer generated images for medical applications. Alexander Sunguroff, Donald P. Greenberg |
| 1978 | Computer graphics in support of Space Shuttle simulation. Richard Weinberg |
| 1978 | Conversion of complex contour line definitions into polygonal element mosaics. Henry N. Christiansen, Thomas W. Sederberg |
| 1978 | Core standard graphic package for the VGI 3400. Ken Levine |
| 1978 | DIGRAF - a FORTRAN implementation of the proposed GSPC standard. James R. Warner, Margaret A. Polisher, Robert N. Kopolow |
| 1978 | Data structures for picture processing. Linda G. Shapiro |
| 1978 | Definition and use of higher-level graphics input tools. Jan van den Bos |
| 1978 | Dynamic graphics using quasi parallelism. Kenneth M. Kahn, Carl Hewitt |
| 1978 | GAIN: An interactive program for teaching interactive computer graphics programming. Tom Towle, Thomas A. DeFanti |
| 1978 | Hidden line removal for vector graphics. Marceli Wein, Peter P. Tanner, Grant Bechthold, Nestor Burtnyk |
| 1978 | How to color in a coloring book. Henry Lieberman |
| 1978 | Interaction with a color computer graphics system for archaeological sites. Norman I. Badler, Virginia R. Badler |
| 1978 | Making nested rotations convenient for the user. Edward G. Britton, James S. Lipscomb, Michael E. Pique |
| 1978 | NUDES 2: A numeric utility displaying ellipsoid solids, version 2. Don Herbison-Evans |
| 1978 | Object models for computer aided design: An overview. Russell J. Athay |
| 1978 | On display of space filling atomic models in real-time. John Staudhammer |
| 1978 | On storing and changing shape information. I. C. Braid |
| 1978 | One-point touch input of vector information for computer displays. Christopher F. Herot, Guy Weinzapfel |
| 1978 | Polygon shadow generation. Peter R. Atherton, Kevin Weiler, Donald P. Greenberg |
| 1978 | Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 1978, Atlanta, GA, USA, August 23-25, 1978 S. H. Chasen, Richard L. Phillips |
| 1978 | Simulation of wrinkled surfaces. James F. Blinn |
| 1978 | Spatial management of information. William C. Donelson |
| 1978 | Spherical shading. Thomas K. Porter |
| 1978 | System design and implementation of BGRAF2. Arie E. Kaufman |
| 1978 | TIGS: An overview of the terminal independent graphics system. Robert Heilman, Jean M. Marchant |
| 1978 | Texture tile considerations for raster graphics. William Dungan Jr., Anthony Stenger, George Sutty |
| 1978 | The PADL-1.0/2 system for defining and displaying solid objects. Herbert B. Voelcker, Aristides A. G. Requicha, Eugene E. Hartquist, W. Fisher, J. Metzger, Robert B. Tilove, N. Birrell, W. Hunt, G. Armstrong, T. Check, R. Moote, J. McSweeney |
| 1978 | The development of three-dimensional spatial modeling techniques for the construction planning of nuclear power plants. Harold J. Borkin, Jonn F. McIntosh, James A. Turner |
| 1978 | The effect of System Response Time on interactive computer aided problem solving. Thomas J. Goodman, Robert Spence |
| 1978 | The interactive digitizing of polygons and the processing of polygons in a relational database. John F. McIntosh |
| 1978 | The problems of computer-assisted animation. Edwin E. Catmull |
| 1978 | The use of grayscale for improved raster display of vectors and characters. Franklin C. Crow |
| 1978 | Three-dimensional representations for computer graphics and computer vision. Norman I. Badler, Ruzena Bajcsy |
| 1978 | Towards the design of an intrinsically graphical language. Robert P. Futrelle, G. Barta |
| 1978 | User performance under several automated approaches to changing displayed maps. Franklin L. Moses, Richard E. Maisano |