Multi-dimensional transfer function design based on flexible dimension projection embedded in parallel coordinates

IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2011, PacificVis 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-26

  Guo, Hanqi ^a,b   Xiao, He ^b   Yuan, Xiaoru ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dimension projection; Multivariate volume rendering; parallel coordinates; transfer function; user interface design

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT SWITCHING; DATA DISTRIBUTION; DATA EXPLORATION; DATA PRESENTATION; DIMENSION PROJECTION; FEATURE CLASSIFICATION; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL; INTERACTIVITY; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIATE VOLUME RENDERING; PARALLEL COORDINATES; REDUCED-DIMENSIONAL; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; RENDERED IMAGES; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; USER INTERFACE DESIGN;

DATA REDUCTION; DESIGN; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 79955688741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PACIFICVIS.2011.5742368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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