Exploring scalar fields using critical isovalues

Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 171-178

  Weber, Gunther H ^a,b   Scheuermann, Gerik ^a   Hagen, Hans ^a   Hamann, Bernd ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical point; Data exploration; Isosurfaces; Marching cubes; Scalar eld topology; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERPOLATION; TOPOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

ISOSURFACE TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0036448564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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