Feature-preserving volume data reduction and focus+context visualization

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Wang, Yu Shuen ^a   Wang, Chaoli ^b   Lee, Tong Yee ^a   Ma, Kwan Liu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction; focus+context visualization; interactive visualization; mesh deformation; transfer functions; volume rendering.

Indexed keywords

3D MESHES; FOCUS+CONTEXT VISUALIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; INTERACTIVITY; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MESH DEFORMATION; MULTIPLE FEATURES; MULTIRESOLUTION METHODS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; REDUCED DATA; RESAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SCIENTIFIC SIMULATIONS; USER INTERACTION; VOLUME DATA; VOLUME DATA SETS; VOLUMETRIC DATA SETS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; DEFORMATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STATISTICS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 78650168775     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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