An intelligent system approach to higher-dimensional classification of volume data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Tzeng, Fan Yin ^a   Lum, Eric B ^a   Ma, Kwan Liu ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Graphics hardware; Machine learning; Transfer functions; User interface design; Visualization; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

2D TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS; VOLUME RENDERING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES; VISIBILITY; VISUALIZATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 17444421585     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2005.38     Document Type: Article

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