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Scientific visualization is a new and rapidly growing areain which efforts from computer graphics research and manyscientific and engineering disciplines are integrated. Itsaim is to enhance interpretation and understanding byscientists of large amounts of data from measurements orcomplex computer simulations, using computer generatedimages and animation sequences. It exploits the power ofhuman visual perception to identify trends and structures,and recognize shapes and patterns. Development of newnumerical simulation methods in many areas increasinglydepends on visualization as an effective way to obtain anintuitive understanding of a problem.This book contains a selection of papers presented at thesecond Eurographics workshop on Visualization in ScientificComputing, held in Delft, the Netherlands, in April 1991.Theissues addressed are visualization tool and systemdesign, new presentation techniques for volume data andvector fields, and numerous case studies in scientificvisualization. Application areas include geology, medicine,fluid dynamics, molecular science, and environmentalprotection.The book will interest researchers and students in computergraphics and scientists from many disciplines interested inrecent results in visual data analysis and presentation. Itreflects the state of the art in visualization researchand shows a wide variety of experimental systems andimaginative applications.
List of contents
Visualization of Finite Elements and Tools for Numerical Analysis.- Discrete Data Visualization in Geology.- Visualisation in a Software System for Scientific Computing.- Rubens: a One and Two Dimensional Data Analysis Software.- MOLCAD - Computer Aided Visualization and Manipulation of Models in Molecular Science.- Turbo-ISVAS: An Interactive Visualization System for 3D Finite Element Data.- Interactive Visualization of Equations.- Efficient Hybrid Rendering of Volume Data and Polygons.- Four Methods for the Combined Visualization of Volume Data and Geometric Objects.- Piecewise Linear Approximation of Isovalued Surfaces.- Surface-Particles for 3D Flow Visualization.- A Low Cost Approach to Animated Flow Visualization Using High Quality Video.- Using Images Regardless of Their Format.- Development of New Strategies in Rhinosurgery Using Computer Simulation andVisualization.- VDI - A Visual Debugging Interface for Image Interpretation.- Visualizing a Diffuse Light Bubble Data Base.- List of Contributors.- Authors' Index.
