Output-sensitive 3D line integral convolution

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 820-834

  Falk, Martin ^a,b   Weiskopf, Daniel ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D flow; Flow visualization; GPU programming; Line integral convolution; Noise models; Streamline illumination; Texture based vector field visualization; Three dimensional graphics and realism; Visualization techniques and methodologies

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING;

LINE INTEGRAL CONVOLUTION (LIC); NOISE MODELS; STREAMLINE ILLUMINATION; TEXTURE SLICING; TEXTURE-BASED VECTOR FIELD VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44649166355     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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