Effects of immersion on visual analysis of volume data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-606

  Laha, Bireswar ^a   Sensharma, Kriti ^a   Schiffbauer, James D ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D visualization; CAVE; data analysis; Immersion; micro CT; virtual environments; virtual reality; volume visualization

Indexed keywords

3D MEDICAL IMAGE; 3D VISUALIZATION; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DATA SETS; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FIELD OF REGARD; HEAD TRACKING; IMMERSION; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; MICRO CT; SEISMIC DATAS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE COMPONENT; VIEW VOLUME; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME DATA; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

CAVES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; DISPLAY DEVICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858383359     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.42     Document Type: Article

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