Span filtering: An optimization scheme for volume visualization of large finite element models

Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Visualization 1991, VIS 1991

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages

  Gallagher, Richard S ^a  

^a Swanson Analysis Systems Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VISUALIZATION;

CONTINUUM FIELDS; ELEMENT MODELS; INTERACTIVE RENDERING; ISO SURFACE; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; SCALAR FIELDS; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33747905998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/visual.1991.175780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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