Volume visualization and exploration through flexible transfer function design (DOI:10.1016/j.cag.2008.04.004);Volume visualization and exploration through flexible transfer function design

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-429

  Pinto, Francisco de M ^a   Freitas, Carla M D S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Direct volume rendering; Transfer function; Volume data; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFICATIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIRECT VOLUME RENDERING; GENERATION METHOD; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; INTERACTIVE WORKSPACE; TRANSFER FUNCTION DESIGNS; VOLUME DATA; VOLUME VISUALIZATION; VOLUMETRIC DATA SETS;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 49249111795     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2008.08.006     Document Type: Erratum

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