A comparison of the perceptual benefits of linear perspective and physically-based illumination for display of dense 3D streamtubes

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1723-1730

  Weigle, Chris ^a   Banks, David C ^a  

^a Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Author keywords

3D shape perception; DT MRI; Flow visualization; Global illumination; Local illumination; Multi scale visualization; Physically based illumination; Streamtubes; User study; Volume completion; White matter tractography

Indexed keywords

3D SHAPE PERCEPTION; DT-MRI; GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; LOCAL ILLUMINATION; MULTI-SCALE VISUALIZATION; PHYSICALLY-BASED ILLUMINATION; STREAMTUBES; USER STUDY; VOLUME COMPLETION; WHITE MATTER TRACTOGRAPHY;

AGGLOMERATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 54949094679     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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