Scalable multivariate volume visualization and analysis based on dimension projection and parallel coordinates

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1397-1410

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

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DIMENSION PROJECTION; MULTIVARIATE VOLUME; PARALLEL COORDINATES; PARALLEL VISUALIZATION; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; USER INTERFACES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84864277514     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.80     Document Type: Article

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