Opacity optimization for 3D line fields

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Günther, Tobias ^a   Rössl, Christian ^a   Theisel, Holger ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Line fields; Scientific visualization

Indexed keywords

GREEDY APPROACHES; INFORMATION PRESENTATION; LEAST SQUARE; LINE FIELDS; LINE SEGMENT; LINE SELECTIONS; SET OF LINES; VIEW-DEPENDENT;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPACITY; OPTIMIZATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84880793480     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 15577368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2461912.2461930     Document Type: Article

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