Data visualization 2001 : proceedings of the joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization in Ascona, Switzerland, May 28-30, 2001 : Eurographics

This book contains 33 papers presented at the Third Joint Visualization Symposium of the Eurographics Association and the Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics of the IEEE Computer Society. The main topics treated are: visualization of geoscience data; multi-resolution and adaptive techniques; unstructured data, multi-scale and visibility; flow visualization; biomedical applications; information visualization; object representation; volume rendering; information visualization applications; and automotive applications. Invited Speaker Visualization of Geoscience Data: A Case Study in Multi-Sensory Investigation of Geoscientific Data (Chris Harding, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, John F. Casey, R. Bowen Loftin); Acquisition and Display of Real-Time Atmospheric Data on Terrain (Tian-yue Jiang, William Ribarsky, Tony Wasilewski, Nickolas Faust, Brendan Hannigan, Mitchell Parry) Multi-Resolution and Adaptive Techniques: Extraction of Crack-free Isosurfaces from Adaptive Mesh Refinement Data (Gunther H. Weber, Oliver Kreylos, Terry J. Ligocki, John M. Shalf, Hans Hagen, Bernd Hamann, Kenneth I. Joy); Fast Multiresolution Extraction of Multiple Transparent Isosurfaces (Thomas Gerstner); Multiresolution Maximum Intensity Volume Rendering by Morphological Pyramids (Jos B.T.M. Roerdink) Unstructured Data, Multi-Scale and Visibility: Subdivision Surfaces for Scattered-data Approximation (Martin Bertram, Hans Hagen); The Rendering of Unstructured Grids Revisited (Rüdiger Westermann); Nonlinear Diffusion in Graphics Hardware (Martin Rumpf, Robert Strzodka); Voxel Column Culling: Occlusion Culling for Large Terrain Models (Brian Zaugg, Parris K. Egbert) Flow Visualization: Stream Surface Generation for Fluid Flow Solutions on Curvilinear Grids (Allen Van Gelder); Vector and Tensor Field Topology Simplification on Irregular Grids (Xavier Tricoche, Gerik Scheuermann, Hans Hagen, Stefan Clauss); Topology-Based Visualization of Time-Dependent 2D Vector Fields (Xavier Tricoche, Gerik Scheuermann, Hans Hagen) Biomedical Applications: Virtual Colon Flattening (Anna Vilanova Bartrolí, Rainer Wegenkittl, Andreas König, Eduard Gröller, Erich Sorantin); Improved visualization in virtual colonoscopy using image-based rendering (Iwo Serlie, Frans Vos, Rogier van Gelder, Jaap Stoker, Roel Truyen, Frans Gerritsen, Yung Nio, Frits Post); Three-dimensional Reconstruction and Visualization of the Cerebral Cortex in Primates (Sergio Demelio, Fabio Bettio, Enrico Gobbetti, Giuseppe Luppino); Interactive and Multi-modal Visualization for Neuroendoscopic Interventions (Dirk Bartz, Wolfgang Straßer, Özlem Gürvit, Dirk Freudenstein, Martin Skalej) Information Visualization: Visualization of Generalized Voronoi Diagrams (Alexandru Telea, Jarke J. van Wijk); Preserving the Mental Map using Foresighted Layout (Stephan Diehl, Carsten Görg, Andreas Kerren); Visualization of Directed Associations in E-Commerce Transaction Data (Ming C. Hao, Umeshwar Dayal, Meichun Hsu, Thomas Sprenger, Markus H. Gross) Object Representation: Space-Efficient Boundary Representation of Volumetric Objects (Lukas Mroz, Helwig Hauser); Salient Representation of Volume Data (Jirí Hladùvka, Andreas König, Eduard Gröller); A Selective Refinement Approach for Computing the Distance Functions of Curves (Daniel E. Laney, Mark A. Duchaineau, Nelson L. Max); Progressive View-Dependent IsosurfacePropagation (Zhiyan Liu, Adam Finkelstein, Kai Li) Volume Rendering: A Hardware-Assisted Visibility-Ordering Algorithm With Applications To Volume Rendering (Shankar Krishnan, Cláudio T. Silva, Bin Wei); Volume Rendering Data with Uncertainty Information (Suzana Djurcilov, Kwansik Kim, Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux, Alex Pang); Adaptive Volume Rendering using Fuzzy Logic Control (Xinyue Li, Han-Wei Shen); I/O-Conscious Volume Rendering (Chuan-Kai Yang, Tzi-cker Chiueh) Information Visualization Applications: Interacting with Stock Market Data in a Virtual Environment (Keith Nesbitt); Case Study: Visualization and Information Retrieval Techniques for Network Intrusion Detection (Travis Atkison, Kathleen Pensy, Charles Nicholas, David Ebert, Rebekah Atkison, Chris Morris); DDDiver: 3D Interactive Visualization of Entity Relationships (Marc Coomans, Harry Timmermans) Automotive Applications: Visualization of Thermal Flows in an Automotive Cabin with Volume Rendering Method (Kenji Ono, Hideki Matsumoto, Ryutaro Himeno); Automotive Soiling Simulation Based On Massive Particle Tracing (Stefan Roettger, Martin Schulz, Wolf Bartelheimer, Thomas Ertl); Comparative Visualization of Instabilities in Crash-Worthiness Simulations (Ove Sommer, Thomas Ertl) Authors Index Color Plates. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Invited Speaker....Pages 1-1 A Case Study in Multi-Sensory Investigation of Geoscientific Data....Pages 3-14 Acquisition and Display of Real-Time Atmospheric Data on Terrain....Pages 15-24 Extraction of Crack-free Isosurfaces from Adaptive Mesh Refinement Data....Pages 25-34 Fast Multiresolution Extraction of Multiple Transparent Isosurfaces....Pages 35-44 Multiresolution Maximum Intensity Volume Rendering by Morphological Pyramids....Pages 45-54 Subdivision Surfaces for Scattered-data Approximation....Pages 55-63 The Rendering of Unstructured Grids Revisited....Pages 65-74 Nonlinear Diffusion in Graphics Hardware....Pages 75-84 Voxel Column Culling: Occlusion Culling for Large Terrain Models....Pages 85-93 Stream Surface Generation for Fluid Flow Solutions on Curvilinear Grids....Pages 95-105 Vector and Tensor Field Topology Simplification on Irregular Grids....Pages 107-116 Topology-Based Visualization of Time-Dependent 2D Vector Fields....Pages 117-126 Virtual Colon Flattening....Pages 127-136 Improved visualization in virtual colonoscopy using image-based rendering....Pages 137-146 Three-dimensional Reconstruction and Visualization of the Cerebral Cortex in Primates....Pages 147-156 Interactive and Multi-modal Visualization for Neuroendoscopic Interventions....Pages 157-164 Visualization of Generalized Voronoi Diagrams....Pages 165-174 Preserving the Mental Map using Foresighted Layout....Pages 175-184 Visualization of directed associations in e-commerce transaction data....Pages 185-192 Space-Efficient Boundary Representation of Volumetric Objects....Pages 193-202 Salient Representation of Volume Data....Pages 203-211 A Selective Refinement Approach for Computing the Distance Functions of Curves....Pages 213-222 Progressive View-Dependent Isosurface Propagation....Pages 223-232 A Hardware-Assisted Visibility-Ordering Algorithm With Applications To Volume Rendering....Pages 233-242 Volume Rendering Data with Uncertainty Information....Pages 243-252 Adaptive Volume Rendering using Fuzzy Logic Control....Pages 253-262 I/O-Conscious Volume Rendering....Pages 263-272 Interacting with Stock Market Data in a Virtual Environment....Pages 273-282 Case Study: Visualization and Information Retrieval Techniques for Network Intrusion Detection....Pages 283-290 DDDiver: 3D Interactive Visualization of Entity Relationships....Pages 291-299 Visualization of Thermal Flows in an Automotive Cabin with Volume Rendering Method....Pages 301-308 Automotive Soiling Simulation Based On Massive Particle Tracing....Pages 309-317 Comparative Visualization of Instabilities in Crash-Worthiness Simulations....Pages 319-328 Back Matter....Pages 329-368 Contains papers presented at the Third Joint Visualization Symposium of the Eurographics Association and the Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics of the IEEE Computer Society. This book covers topics such as: visualization of geoscience data; multi-resolution and adaptive techniques; flow visualization; volume rendering; and more. In recent years, the natural resource industry has recognized three-dimensional visualization and modeling of geoscientific data as playing an important part in the exploration and development of natural resources.