Title :
Four-dimensional views of 3D scalar fields
Author :
Hanson, Andrew J. ; Heng, Pheng A.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
Scalar functions of three variables, w=f(x , y, z), are common in many types of scientific and medical applications. Such 3D scalar fields can be understood as elevation maps in four dimensions, with three independent variables (x, y, z) and a fourth, dependent, variable w that corresponds to the elevations. It is shown how techniques developed originally for the display of 3-manifolds in 4D Euclidean space can be adapted to visualize 3D scalar fields in a variety of ways
Keywords :
computational geometry; data visualisation; 3-manifolds; 3D scalar fields; 4D Euclidean space; elevation maps; independent variables; scalar functions; Biomedical equipment; Computer science; Isosurfaces; Medical services; Rendering (computer graphics); Surface treatment; Three dimensional displays; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2897-9
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235222
