Title :
VolVis: a diversified volume visualization system
Author :
Avila, Ricardo ; He, Taosong ; Hong, Fichan ; Kaufman, Arie ; Pfister, Hanspeter ; Silva, Claudio ; Sobierajski, Lisa ; Wang, Sidney
Author_Institution :
Howard Hughes Med. Inst., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
VolVis is a diversified, easy to use, extensible, high performance, and portable volume visualization system for scientists and engineers as well as for visualization developers and researchers. VolVis accepts as input 3D scalar volumetric data as well as 3D volume-sampled and classical geometric models. Interaction with the data is controlled by a variety of 3D input devices in an input device-independent environment. VolVis output includes navigation preview, static images, and animation sequences. A variety of volume rendering algorithms are supported ranging from fast rough approximations, to compression-domain rendering, to accurate volumetric ray tracing and radiosity, and irregular grid rendering
Keywords :
computer animation; data visualisation; ray tracing; rendering (computer graphics); 3D scalar volumetric data; 3D volume-sampled models; VolVis; accurate volumetric ray tracing; animation sequences; classical geometric models; compression-domain rendering; diversified volume visualization system; engineers; irregular grid rendering; radiosity; scientists; static images; visualization developers; volume rendering algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Data mining; Data visualization; Graphics; Helium; Pipelines; Ray tracing; Rendering (computer graphics); Solid modeling; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1994., Visualization '94, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6627-7
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1994.346340
