Asymmetric tensor analysis for flow visualization

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-122

  Zhang, E ^a   Yeh, H ^a   Lin, Zhongzang ^a   Laramee, R S ^b  

^a Oregon State University

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tensors; Flow analysis; Flow segmentation; Surfaces; Tensor field topology; Tensor field visualization

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC TENSORS; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW SEGMENTATION; TENSOR FIELD TOPOLOGY; TENSOR FIELD VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DATA VISUALIZATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW;

TENSORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 59449086166     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.68     Document Type: Article

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