Visualization Handbook (eBook)

The Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field.

This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the visualization expert seeking advanced methods to solve a particular problem, but also the novice looking for general background information on visualization topics. The largest collection of state-of-the-art visualization research yet gathered in a single volume, this book includes articles by a ?who?s who? of international scientific visualization researchers covering every aspect of the discipline, including:
·Virtual environments for visualization
·Basic visualization algorithms
·Large-scale data visualization
·Scalar data isosurface methods
·Visualization software and frameworks
·Scalar data volume rendering
·Perceptual issues in visualization
·Various application topics, including information visualization.

* Edited by two of the best known people in the world on the subject; chapter authors are authoritative experts in their own fields;
* Covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.

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The Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the visualization expert seeking advanced methods to solve a particular problem, but also the novice looking for general background information on visualization topics. The largest collection of state-of-the-art visualization research yet gathered in a single volume, this book includes articles by a "e;who's who of international scientific visualization researchers covering every aspect of the discipline, including:*Virtual environments for visualization*Basic visualization algorithms*Large-scale data visualization*Scalar data isosurface methods*Visualization software and frameworks*Scalar data volume rendering*Perceptual issues in visualization*Various application topics, including information visualization.* Edited by two of the best known people in the world on the subject; chapter authors are authoritative experts in their own fields;* Covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.