Noise-based volume rendering for the visualization of multivariate volumetric data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2926-2935

  Khlebnikov, Rostislav ^a   Kainz, Bernhard ^b   Steinberger, Markus ^a   Schmalstieg, Dieter ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multi variate data visualization; multi volume rendering; scientific visualization; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTI-VOLUME RENDERINGS; MULTIVARIATE DATA; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SUBJECTIVE RANKING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPACITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84886702194     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.180     Document Type: Article

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