A multiresolution data visualization tool for applications in neutron time-of-flight spectroscopy

Volume modelling and visualization pose important challenges for scientific data handling. Neutron spectroscopy is an intensity-limited technique where efficient data capture is a must. Such requirements are usually met using wide angular coverage detectors. Such devices may generate several gigabytes of information produced for an individual experiment, which needs to be handled within short lapses of time. aper describes a technique for the construction of a volume model using information coming from different levels of ‘binning’ resolutions to be applied to the raw (as measured) data. The technique which is adaptive in nature provides an efficient representation of the information, allowing one to explore in detail regions of the experimental 4D space where the sought data are concentrated.