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Vis	1,993	3D simulation of delivery	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398903	We show how to create 3D models of maternal pelvis and fetal head from magnetic resonance images (MRI). The models are used to simulate the progress of delivery in order to give a prognosis of successful labor.<<ETX>>	false	false	[ "Jean-Daniel Boissonnat", "Bernhard Geiger" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	A climate simulation case study	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398900	A supercomputing-visualization facility for science and engineering applications was used for processing and visualizing supercomputer-generated data. This facility includes a vector-processing supercomputer, a graphics workstation, a general purpose workstation, a high-resolution color printer, a scanner, a film recor...	false	false	[ "P. C. Chen" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	A probe for local flow field visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398849	A probe for the interactive visualization of flow fields is presented. The probe can be used to visualize many characteristics of the flow in detail for a small region in the data set. The velocity and the local change of velocity (the velocity gradient tensor) are visualized by a set of geometric primitives. To this e...	false	false	[ "Wim C. de Leeuw", "Jarke J. van Wijk" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Accelerating volume animation by space-leaping	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398852	In this work we present a method for speeding the process of volume animation. It exploits coherency between consecutive images to shorten the path rays take through the volume. Rays are provided with the information needed to leap over the empty space and commence volume traversal at the vicinity of meaningful data. T...	false	false	[ "Roni Yagel", "Zhouhong Shi" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	An architecture for rule-based visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398874	In Rogowitz and Treinish (1993), we introduced an architecture for incorporating perceptual rules into the visualization process. In this architecture, higher-level descriptors of the data, metadata, flow to perceptual rules, which constrain visualization operations. In this paper, we develop a deeper analysis of the r...	false	false	[ "Bernice E. Rogowitz", "Lloyd Treinish" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	An environment for telecollaborative data exploration	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398858	This paper presents an environment for telecollaborative data exploration. It provides the following capabilities essential to data exploration: (1) users can probe the data, defining regions of interest with arbitrary shapes. (2) The selected data can be transformed and displayed in many different ways. (3) Linked cur...	false	false	[ "Gudrun Klinker" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Applying observations of work activity in designing prototype data analysis tools	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398873	Designers, implementers, and marketers of data analysis tools typically have different perspectives than end users. Consequently, data analysts often find themselves using tools focused on graphics and programming concepts rather than concepts which reflect their own domain and the context of their work. Some user stud...	false	false	[ "R. R. Springmeyer" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Bridging the gap between visualization and data management: A simple visualization management system	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398856	A prototype visualization management system is described which merges the capabilities of a database management system with any number of existing visualization packages such as AVS or IDL. The prototype uses the Postgres database management system to store and access Earth science data through a simple graphical brows...	false	false	[ "Peter Kochevar", "Zahid Ahmed", "J. Shade", "Colin Sharp" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Cloud tracing in convection-diffusion systems	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398876	The paper describes a highly interactive method for computer visualization of simultaneous three-dimensional vector and scalar flow fields in convection-diffusion systems. This method allows a computational fluid dynamics user to visualize the basic physical process of dispersion and mixing rather than just the vector ...	false	false	[ "Kwan-Liu Ma", "Philip J. Smith" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Computer visualization of long genomic sequences	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398883	Human beings find it difficult to analyze local and global oligonucleotide patterns in the linear primary sequences of a genome. In this paper, we present a family of iterated function systems (IFS) that can be used to generate a set of visual models of a DNA sequence. A new visualization function, the W-curve, that is...	false	false	[ "Dachywan Wu", "James Robergé", "Douglas J. Cork", "Bao Gia Nguyen", "Thom Grace" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Data shaders	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398879	The process of visualizing a scientific data set requires an extensive knowledge of the domain in which the data set is created. Because an in-depth knowledge of all scientific domains is not available to the creator of visualization software, a flexible and extensible visualization system is essential in providing a p...	false	false	[ "Brian Corrie", "Paul Mackerras" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Developing modular application builders to exploit MIMD parallel	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398861	Modular application builders (MABs), such as AVS and Iris Explorer are increasingly being used in the visualization community. Such systems can already place compute intensive modules on supercomputers in order to utilize their power. This paper details two major projects at EPCC which attempted to fully integrate the ...	false	false	[ "C. Thornborrow", "A. J. S. Wilson", "Chris Faigle" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Dichromatic color representations for complex display systems	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398871	New display technologies have begun to provide more innovative and potentially powerful methods to present information to a viewer. However, many of these techniques struggle to deliver accurate full color. In this paper, we address this difficulty by employing the dichromatic theory of color reflection, which implies ...	false	false	[ "Mark S. Peercy", "Lambertus Hesselink" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	DIVIDE: Distributed visual display of the execution of asynchronous, distributed algorithms on loosely-coupled parallel processors	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398865	The issue of monitoring the execution of asynchronous, distributed algorithms on loosely-coupled parallel processor systems, is important for the purposes of (i) detecting inconsistencies and flaws in the algorithm, (ii) obtaining important performance parameters for the algorithm, and (iii) developing a conceptual und...	false	false	[ "Tom M. Morrow", "Sumit Ghosh" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Enhancing reality in the operating room	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398902	Three dimensional computer models of the anatomy generated from volume acquisitions of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are useful adjuncts to 2D images. This paper describes a system that merges the computer generated 3D models with live video to enhance the surgeon's understanding of the anatomy ben...	false	false	[ "William E. Lorensen", "Harvey E. Cline", "Christopher Nafis", "Ron Kikinis", "David Altobelli", "P. Langham Gleason" ]	[ "BCS" ]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Fanal: A relational analysis and visualization package for high energy physics	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398897	The package described in this paper has been designed for analyzing the data collected in the LEP experiment ALEPH. Its main graphical feature is a deep interplay between the description of the objects manipulated and their relationships, and their graphical representation. The easy access to information through naviga...	false	false	[ "H. Videau", "P. Mora de Freitas" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Fast analytical computation of Richard's smooth molecular surface	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398882	An algorithm for rapid computation of Richards's smooth molecular surface is described. The entire surface is computed analytically, triangulated, and displayed at interactive rates. The faster speeds for our program have been achieved by algorithmic improvements, paralleling the computations, and by taking advantage o...	false	false	[ "Amitabh Varshney", "Frederick P. Brooks Jr." ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Fast volume rendering of compressed data	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398845	Volume rendering has been proposed as a useful tool for extracting information from large datasets, where non-visual analysis alone may not be feasible. The scale of these applications implies that data management is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Most volume rendering algorithms, however, process data ...	false	false	[ "Paul Ning", "Lambertus Hesselink" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Feature extraction for oceanographic data using a 3D edge operator	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398901	The features of greatest interest in ocean modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Stream are the fronts and eddies. Resolving, modeling, and tracking these eddies over time is of great importance for climatological studies and economic advancement. In this paper we present a novel technique for automatically...	false	false	[ "R. J. Moorehead", "Z. Zhu" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Fine-grain visualization algorithms in dataflow environments	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398860	Most of the current dataflow visualization systems are based on coarse-grain dataflow computing models. In this paper we propose a fine-grain dataflow model that takes advantage of data locality properties of many visualization algorithms. A fine-grain module works on small chunks of data one at a time by keeping a dyn...	false	false	[ "D. Song", "Eric J. Golin" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Flow volumes for interactive vector field visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398846	Flow volumes are the volumetric equivalent of stream lines. They provide more information about the vector field being visualized than do stream lines or ribbons. Presented is an efficient method for producing flow volumes, composed of transparently rendered tetrahedra, for use in an interactive system. The problems of...	false	false	[ "Nelson L. Max", "Barry G. Becker", "Roger Crawfis" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Geometric clipping using Boolean textures	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398878	Texture mapping is normally used to convey geometric detail without adding geometric complexity. This paper introduces Boolean textures, a texture mapping technique that uses implicit functions to generate texture maps and texture coordinates. These Boolean textures perform clipping during a renderer's scan conversion ...	false	false	[ "William E. Lorenson" ]	[ "BP" ]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Geometric optimization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398868	An algorithm is presented which describes an application independent method for reducing the number of polygonal primitives required to faithfully represent an object. Reducing polygon count without a corresponding reduction in object detail is important for: achieving interactive frame rates in scientific visualizatio...	false	false	[ "Paul A. Hinker", "Charles D. Hansen" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	GRASPARC-A problem solving environment integrating computation and visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398857	Visualization has proved an efficient tool in the understanding of large data sets in computational science and engineering. There is growing interest today in the development of problem solving environments which integrate both visualization and the computational process which generates the data. The GRASPARC project ...	false	false	[ "Ken Brodlie", "Andrew Poon", "Helen Wright", "Lesley Brankin", "Greg Banecki", "Alan Gay" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	HyperSlice - Visualization of Scalar Functions of Many Variables	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398859	HyperSlice is a new method for the visualization of scalar functions of many variables. With this method the multi-dimensional function is presented in a simple and easy to understand way in which all dimensions are treated identically. The central concept is the representation of a multi-dimensional function as a matr...	false	false	[ "Jarke J. van Wijk", "Robert van Liere" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Implicit stream surfaces	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398875	Streamlines and stream surfaces are well known techniques for the visualization of fluid flow. For steady velocity fields, a streamline is the trace of a particle, and a stream surface is the trace of a curve. Here a new method is presented for the construction of stream surfaces. The central concept is the representat...	false	false	[ "Jarke J. van Wijk" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	InfoCrystal: A visual tool for information retrieval	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398863	This paper introduces a novel representation, called the InfoCrystal, that can be used as a visualization tool as well as a visual query language to help users search for information. The InfoCrystal visualizes all the possible relationships among N concepts. Users can assign relevance weights to the concepts and use t...	false	false	[ "Anselm Spoerri" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Interactive shading for surface and volume visualization on graphics workstations	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398881	Shading is an effective exploratory visualization tool widely used in scientific visualization. Interactive, or close to interactive, shading of images offers significant benefit, but is generally too computationally expensive for graphics workstations. A novel method for providing interactive diffuse and specular shad...	false	false	[ "Peter A. Fletcher", "Philip K. Robertson" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Interactive visualization methods for four dimensions	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398869	Making accurate computer graphics representations of surfaces and volumes (2-manifolds and 3-manifolds) embedded in four-dimensional space typically involves complex and time-consuming computations. In order to make simulated worlds that help develop human intuition about the fourth dimensions, we need techniques that ...	false	false	[ "Andrew J. Hanson", "Robert A. Cross" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	MRIVIEW: An interactive computational tool for investigation of brain structure and function	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398885	MRIVIEW is a software system that uses image processing and visualization to provide neuroscience researchers with an integrated environment for combining functional and anatomical information. Key features of the software include semi-automated segmentation of volumetric head data and an interactive coordinate reconci...	false	false	[ "Douglas M. Ranken", "John S. George" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Navigating large networks with hierarchies	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398870	This paper is aimed at the exploratory visualization of networks where there is a strength or weight associated with each link, and makes use of any hierarchy present on the nodes to aid the investigation of large networks. It describes a method of placing nodes on the plane that gives meaning to their relative positio...	false	false	[ "Stephen G. Eick", "Graham J. Wills" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Non conventional methods for the visualization of events from high energy physics	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398898	Visualization of events in high energy physics is an important tool to check hard- and software and to generate pictures for presentation purposes. The radial pattern of all events suggests the use of predefined projections, especially p/Z and Y/X. The representation can be improved by a "fish-eye" transformation and b...	false	false	[ "Hans Drevermann", "D. Kuhm", "B. Nilsson" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Optimal filter design for volume reconstruction and visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398851	Digital filtering is a crucial operation in volume reconstruction and visualization. Lowpass filters are needed for subsampling and minification. Interpolation filters are needed for registration and magnification, and to compensate for geometric distortions introduced by scanners. Interpolation filters are also needed...	false	false	[ "Ingrid Carlbom" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Orientation maps: Techniques for visualizing rotations (A Consumer's Guide)	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398867	The set of possible orientations of a rigid three-dimensional object is a topological space with three degrees of freedom. This paper investigates the suitability of various techniques of visualizing this space. With a good technique the natural distance between orientations will be represented fairly accurately, and d...	false	false	[ "Bowen Alpern", "Larry Carter", "Matt Grayson", "Chris Pelkie" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Performance visualization of parallel programs	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398866	The user of a parallel computer system would like to know the performance of a program in terms of how optimally it uses the system resources. This task is increasingly performed by program performance visualization. The limitations of conventional performance data analysis techniques necessitate better visual analysis...	false	false	[ "Abdul Waheed", "Diane T. Rover" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Rapid exploration of curvilinear grids using direct volume rendering (Extended Abstract)	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398853	Fast techniques for direct volume rendering over curvilinear grids (common to computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis) are developed. Three new projection methods that use polygon-rendering hardware for speed are presented and compared with each other and with previous methods for tetrahedral grids and...	false	false	[ "Allen Van Gelder", "Jane Wilhelms" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Spray rendering: Visualization using smart particles	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398880	We propose a new framework for doing scientific visualization. The basis for this framework is a combination of particle systems and behavioral animation. Here, particles are not only affected by the field that they are in, but can also exhibit different programmed behaviors. An intuitive delivery system, based on virt...	false	false	[ "Alex T. Pang", "Kyle Smith" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Texture splats for 3D scalar and vector field visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398877	Volume visualization is becoming an important tool for understanding large 3D data sets. A popular technique for volume rendering is known as splatting. With new hardware architectures offering substantial improvements in the performance of rendering texture mapped objects, we present textured splats. An ideal reconstr...	false	false	[ "Roger Crawfis", "Nelson L. Max" ]	[ "TT", "BP" ]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	The quantum Coulomb three-body problem - Visualization of simulation results and numerical methods	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398911	Some years ago it was established that the muon catalyzed fusion phenomenon could be used for the production of energy. This fact has been causing a rebirth of interest in the universal methods of solving the quantum Coulomb three-body problem. The adiabatic hyperspherical (AHS) approach considered in this joint projec...	false	false	[ "D. I. Abramov", "V. V. Gusev", "Stanislav V. Klimenko", "L. I. Ponomarev", "W. Krueger", "W. Renz" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	The virtual restoration of the Visir tomb	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398904	In the field of computer applications to archaeology, data visualization is one of the most recent and promising activity. The visual reconstruction obtained from partially or totally ruined data is a problem that archaeologists often face with during their work. The case we present here is the simulated reconstruction...	false	false	[ "Patrizia Palamidese", "M. Betro", "G. Muccioli" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	The vision camera: An interactive tool for volume data exploration and navigation	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398847	In this work we focus on one of the key problems of scientific visualization, the object recognition dilemma. The necessity to pre-interpret application data in order to classify object surface voxels prior to rendering has prevented many visualization methods from becoming practical. We propose the concept of vision b...	false	false	[ "Hans-Heino Ehricke", "Gerhard Daiber", "Wolfgang Straßer" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Tioga: A database-oriented visualization tool	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398855	In the work we present a new architecture for visualization systems that is based on data base management system (DBMS) technology. By building on the mechanisms present in a next-generation DBMS, rather than merely on the capabilities of a standard file manager, we show that a simpler and more powerful visualization s...	false	false	[ "Michael Stonebraker", "Jolly Chen", "Nobuko Nathan", "Caroline Paxson", "Alan Su", "Jiang Wu" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Towards a texture naming system: Identifying relevant dimensions of texture	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398872	Recently, researchers have started using texture for data visualization. The rationale behind this is to exploit the sensitivity of the human visual system to texture in order to overcome the limitations inherent in the display of multidimensional data. A fundamental issue that must be addressed is what textural featur...	false	false	[ "A. Ravishankar Rao", "Gerald L. Lohse" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Towards interactive steering, visualization and animation of unsteady finite element simulations	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398895	Progress towards interactive steering of the time-accurate, unsteady finite-element simulation program DYNA3D is reported. Rudimentary steering has been demonstrated in a distributed computational environment encompassing a supercomputer, multiple graphics workstations, and a single frame animation recorder. The corout...	false	false	[ "G. David Kerlick", "E. Kirby" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Unsteady phenomena, hypersonic flows and co-operative flow visualization in aerospace research	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398894	Some techniques developed recently at DLR's Institute of Theoretical Fluid Mechanics in order to cope with the demands arising from today's work in aerodynamics are illustrated. Such new demands arise from new aerodynamical problems like the hypersonic flow field around re-entry vehicles, the study of unsteady phenomen...	false	false	[ "Hans-Georg Pagendarm" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Virtual input devices for 3D systems	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398862	The device unified interface is a generalized and easily expandable protocol for the communication between applications and input devices. The key idea is to unify various device data into the parameters of a so-called "virtual input device." The device information-base, which includes device dependent information, is ...	false	false	[ "Taosong He", "Arie E. Kaufman" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visual feedback in querying large databases	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398864	In this paper, we describe a database query system that provides visual relevance feedback in querying large databases. The goal of our system is to support the query specification process by using each pixel of the display to represent one data item of the database. By arranging and coloring the pixels according to th...	false	false	[ "Daniel A. Keim", "Hans-Peter Kriegel", "Thomas Seidl 0001" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization and modeling of geophysical data	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398892	We present the visualization and modeling techniques used in a case study to build feature-based computational models from geophysical data. Visualization was used to inspect the quality of the interpretation of the geophysical data. We describe the geophysical data graphical representation used to support rapid render...	false	false	[ "George Celniker", "Indranil Chakravarty", "Jan Moorman" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization of acoustic lens data	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398884	3-dimensional data visualization from any input source involves the study and understanding of several steps. These steps include data acquisition, signal processing, image processing and image generation. Using a forward-looking high frequency sonar system (which focuses sound much like the eye focuses light), standar...	false	false	[ "Anthony J. Bladek" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization of oil reservoirs over a large range of scales as a catalyst for multi-disciplinary integration	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398893	We discuss a system which provides a single, unified model of oil and gas reservoirs that is used across a range of disciplines from geologists to reservoir engineers. It has to store, manipulate and display reservoir phenomena which are observed over several orders of magnitude from 1 mm to 10 km. We propose that the ...	false	false	[ "S. Tyson", "B. Williams" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization of stratospheric ozone depletion and the polar vortex	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398899	Direct analysis of spacecraft observations of stratospheric ozone yields information about the morphology of annual austral depletion. Visual correlation of ozone with other atmospheric data illustrates the diurnal dynamics of the polar vortex and contributions from the upper troposphere, including the formation and br...	false	false	[ "Lloyd Treinish" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization of time-dependent flow fields	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398848	Presently, there are very few visualization systems available for time-dependent flow fields. Although existing visualization systems for instantaneous flow fields may be used to view time-dependent flow fields at discrete points in time, the time variable is usually not considered in the visualization technique. We pr...	false	false	[ "David A. Lane" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualization of turbulent flow with particles	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398850	In this work a new method for visualization of three-dimensional turbulent flow using particle motion animation is presented. The method is based on Reynolds decomposition of a turbulent flow field into a convective and a turbulent motion. At each step of particle path generation a stochastic perturbation is added, res...	false	false	[ "Andrea J. S. Hin", "Frits H. Post" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Visualizing results of transient flow simulations	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398896	This work briefly describes our approach to visualize results of transient flow simulations in the application areas of groundwater flow and pollutant transport as well as compressible fluid flow in engine parts. The simulations use finite element data structures and can have geometries which change over time. We desig...	false	false	[ "Harald F. Mayer", "Behnam Tabatabai" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,993	Volume sampled voxelization of geometric primitives	10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398854	We present a 3-D antialiasing algorithm for voxel-based geometric models. The technique band-limits the continuous object before sampling it at the desired 3-D raster resolution. By precomputing tables of filter values for different types and sizes of geometric objects, the algorithm is very efficient and has a complex...	false	false	[ "Sidney W. Wang", "Arie E. Kaufman" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	A space based model for user interaction in shared synthetic environments	10.1145/169059.169068	In a distributed shared synthetic environment with provisions for high quality 3D visualization and interaction, it is possible to implement a powerful variant of a rooms/space metaphor based on the concept of presence or proximity between participants in 3D space. This kind of model can be used as an interface between...	false	false	[ "Lennart E. Fahlén", "Charles Grant Brown", "Olov Ståhl", "Christer Carlsson" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	A synergistic approach to specifying simple number independent layouts by example	10.1145/169059.169221	A grid-based technique to specify simple number independent layouts by example is described. This technique was originally developed to support layout specification for a parallel program visualization system but can be applied to aid other simple graphical layout tasks as well. The technique works by allowing the user...	false	false	[ "Scott E. Hudson", "Chen-Ning Hsi" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	Automatic structure visualization for video editing	10.1145/169059.169118	We developed intelligent functions for the automatic description of video structure, and visualization methods for temporal-spatial video structures obtained by these functions as well as for the functions. The functions offer descriptions of cut separations, motion of the camera and filmed objects, tracts and contour ...	false	false	[ "Hirotada Ueda", "Takafumi Miyatake", "Shigeo Sumino", "Akio Nagasaka" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	Beyond interface builders: model-based interface tools	10.1145/169059.169305	Interface builders only support the construction of the menus and dialogue boxes of an application. They do not support the construction of interfaces of many application classes (visualization, simulation, command and control, domain-specific editors) because of the dynamic and complex information that these applicati...	false	false	[ "Pedro A. Szekely", "Ping Luo", "Robert Neches" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	Fish tank virtual reality	10.1145/169059.169066	The defining characteristics of what we call “Fish Tank Virtual Reality” are a stereo image of a three dimensional (3D) scene viewed on a monitor using a perspective projection coupled to the head position of the observer. We discuss some of the relative merits of this mode of viewing as compared to head mounted stereo...	false	false	[ "Colin Ware", "Kevin Arthur", "Kellogg S. Booth" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	High interaction data visualization using Seesoft to visualize program change history (abstract)	10.1145/169059.169480	A problem in developing large software systems is understanding the source code. This problem is difficult because of the volume of code. The listing for a moderately sized system with 100,000 lines, printed 50 lines per page, would run 2,000 pa~s. This video shows a new software tool, Seesoft , that applies scientific...	false	false	[ "Joseph L. Steffen", "Stephen G. Eick" ]	[]	[]	[]
CHI	1,993	IMPACT (abstract): interactive motion picture authoring system for creative talent	10.1145/169059.169518	INTRODUCTION We are developing a multimedia authoring system, called IMPACT [1]. It is not easy for non-professionaf users to get good quality motion pictures and to edit them, for instance, in order to create multimedia presentations that express their concepts. To make this kind of tasks feasible for everyone, image-...	false	false	[ "Hirotada Ueda", "Takafumi Miyatake", "Satoshi Yoshizawa" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	A 3-D streamline tracking algorithm using dual stream functions	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235225	A methodology has been developed for constructing streamlines and particle paths in numerically generated fluid velocity fields. A graphical technique is used to convert the discretely defined flow within a cell into one represented by two three-dimensional stream functions. Streamlines are calculated by tracking const...	false	false	[ "David N. Kenwright", "Gordon D. Mallison" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	A characterization of the scientific data analysis process	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235203	It is shown how data visualization fits into the broader process of scientific data analysis. Scientists from several disciplines were observed while they analyzed their own data. Examination of the observations exposed process elements outside conventional image viewing. For example, analysts queried for quantitative ...	false	false	[ "R. R. Springmeyer", "Meera Blattner", "Nelson L. Max" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	A scientific visualization renderer	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235204	While scientific visualization systems share many requirements with other graphical applications, they also have special requirements that make solutions based on standard rendering hardware or software not entirely satisfactory. Those requirements are illustrated by describing the renderer used in a production scienti...	false	false	[ "Bruce Lucas" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	A voxel-based, forward projection algorithm for rendering surface and volumetric data	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235190	A voxel-based, forward projection algorithm with a pipeline architecture for real-time applications is presented. The multisensor capabilities (electrooptical, or visual, and infrared) currently implemented in software have also been applied to non-real-time imaging applications on workstations and minicomputers. Most ...	false	false	[ "John R. Wright", "Julia C. Hsieh" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	An architecture for a scientific visualization system	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235219	The architecture of the Data Explorer, a scientific visualization system, is described. Data Explorer supports the visualization of a wide variety of data by means of a flexible set of visualization modules. A single powerful data model common to all modules allows a wide range of data types to be imported and passed b...	false	false	[ "Bruce Lucas", "G. D. Abrams", "Nancy S. Collins", "D. A. Epstien", "Donna L. Gresh", "Kevin P. McAuliffe" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	An efficient range search algorithm for visualizing extrema of volume data	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235216	A fast range search algorithm for visualizing extrema of d-dimensional volume data in real time as the user interactively moves the query range is presented. The algorithm is based on an efficient data structure, called index heap, which needs only O(N/log N) space and O(d2/sup d/N) preprocessing time to be set up, whe...	false	false	[ "Xiaolin Wu", "Yonggang Fang" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Anatomical atlases based on volume visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235218	A framework for the generation of atlases of the human body based on the linkage of volume data to a knowledge base is presented. The model has a two layer structure. The lower level is a volume model with a set of semantic attributes belonging to each voxel. Its spatial representation is derived from data sets of magn...	false	false	[ "Karl Heinz Höhne", "Andreas Pommert", "Martin Riemer", "Thomas Schiemann", "Rainer Schubert", "Ulf Tiede", "Werner Lierse" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Approximation and rendering of volume data using wavelet transforms	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235230	A method is presented to obtain a unique shape description of an object by using wavelet transforms. Wavelet transform is a signal analysis technique which decomposes a signal using a family of functions having a local property in both time and frequency domains. A multiresolution expression of 3D volume data was first...	false	false	[ "Shigeru Muraki" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Automated design of virtual worlds for visualizing multivariate relations	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235197	Interactive visualization systems provide a powerful means to explore complex data, especially when coupled with 3-D interaction and display devices to produce virtual worlds. While designing a quality static 2-D visualization is already a difficult task for most users, designing an interactive 3-D one is even more cha...	false	false	[ "Clifford Beshers", "Steven K. Feiner" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Case study: visualizing classical problems in CFD	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235174	A brief example of the visualization and quantification of a complex fluid interaction is presented in order to give one a feeling for the difficulty of dealing with geometrical and topological questions in three dimensions and time. To obtain a quantitative understanding, visiometric techniques, including thresholding...	false	false	[ "Norman J. Zabusky", "Deborah Silver" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Color, change, and control of quantitative data display	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235201	Calico, a dynamic tool for the creation and manipulation of color mappings for the exploration of multivariate, quantitative data, was used to study the effects of user control and smooth change on user preference, accuracy, and confidence. The results of the study, as well as other user experiences with Calico, suppor...	false	false	[ "Penny Rheingans" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Constructing stream surfaces in steady 3D vector fields	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235211	Maintenance of a front of particles, an efficient method of generating a set of sample points over a two-dimensional stream surface, is described. The particles are repeatedly advanced a short distance through the flow field. New polygons are appended to the downstream edge of the surface. The spacing of the particles ...	false	false	[ "Jeff P. Hultquist" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Direct volumetric visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235220	The need for direct volume visualization display devices is discussed, as well as some specifics of the Texas Instruments OmniView technology. The topics discussed include the concept of operations, the rotating surface, the display volume, the transport theory model, the image quality in the display, and applications....	false	false	[ "R. D. Williams", "Fred L. Wefer", "Tip E. Clifton III" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Display of scientific data structures for algorithm visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235215	A technique for defining graphical depictions for all the data types defined in an algorithm is presented. The ability to display arbitrary combinations of an algorithm's data objects in a common frame of reference, coupled with interactive control of algorithm execution, provides a powerful way to understand algorithm...	false	false	[ "Bill Hibbard", "Charles R. Dyer", "Brian E. Paul" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Flow visualization as a basic tool to investigate the dynamics and topology of jets	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235212	Issues and difficulties involved in the practical implementation of flow visualization techniques based on a database generated in numerical simulations of unsteady square jets are addressed. Instantaneous visualizations provide basic information on the topological features of the flow, while animation of these visuali...	false	false	[ "Fernando Grinstein", "Upul Obeysekare", "Gopal Patnaik" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Four-dimensional views of 3D scalar fields	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235222	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...	false	false	[ "Andrew J. Hanson", "Pheng-Ann Heng" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Generalized focal surfaces: a new method for surface interrogation	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235224	The generation of smooth surfaces from a mesh of three-dimensional data points is an important problem in geometric modeling. Apart from the pure construction of these curves and surfaces, the analysis of their quality is equally important in the design and manufacturing process. Generalized focal surfaces are presente...	false	false	[ "Hans Hagen", "Stefanie Hahmann" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Grand challenge problems in visualization software	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235186	Discusses issues relating to the complexity of scientific visualization software system implementation. It is argued that the complexity of current implementations of such systems may limit the utility for users because the interfaces typically require significant knowledge of the data being studied and the applicable ...	false	false	[ "Lloyd A. Treinish", "David M. Butler", "Hikmet Senay", "Georges G. Grinstein", "Steve T. Bryson" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Improving the visualization of hierarchies with treemaps: design issues and experimentation	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235217	Controlled experiments with novice treemap users and real data highlight the strengths of treemaps and provide direction for improvement. Issues discussed include experimental results, layout algorithms, nesting offsets, labeling, animation, and small multiple displays. Treemaps prove to be a potent tool for hierarchy ...	false	false	[ "David Turo", "B. Johnson" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Improving visualization: theoretical and empirical foundations	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235185	Discusses the ways in which the understanding of visual perception could help improve the scientific visualization process. It is argued that as long as there is a human interface link to computer visualization systems, understanding how humans perceive information visually could help improve the quality and the effect...	false	false	[ "Stephen M. Kosslyn", "Nahum D. Gershon", "Haim Levkowitz", "Justin D. Pearlman" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Interactive splatting of nonrectilinear volumes	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235228	Various techniques are described for achieving interactive direct volume rendering of nonrectilinear data sets using fast projection (splatting) methods. The use of graphics hardware, rendering approximations, parallelization and reduced resolution meshes are discussed. Results from the use of these techniques are pres...	false	false	[ "Peter L. Williams" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Interactive terrain rendering and volume visualization on the Princeton Engine	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235189	The implementation of truly interactive volume visualization and terrain rendering algorithms on the Princeton Engine (PE) video supercomputer is described. The PE is a single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) computer. Since it was originally developed as a real-time digital television system simulator, it possesses ma...	false	false	[ "James T. Kaba", "James R. Matey", "Gordon Stoll", "Herb Taylor", "Pat Hanrahan" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Interactive visualization of large scalar voxel fields	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235229	A technique is given allowing interactive visualization of large, scalar, discrete volume fields as semitransparent clouds 'on the fly', i.e. without preprocessing. Interactivity is not restricted to geometric transformations, but includes all possible methods of processing the data. The system flexibly trades-off qual...	false	false	[ "Georgios Sakas", "J. Hartig" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Logical time in visualizations produced by parallel programs	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235209	Techniques that manipulate logical time in order to produce coherent animations of parallel program behavior despite the presence of asynchrony are presented. The techniques interpret program behavior in light of user-defined abstractions and generate animations based on a logical, rather than a physical, view of time....	false	false	[ "Janice E. Cuny", "Alfred Hough", "Joydip Kunda" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Massively parallel isosurface extraction	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235223	Experiences during the investigation of parallel methods for faster isosurface generation on SIMD (single instruction stream, multiple data stream) machines are described. A sequential version of a well-known isosurfacing algorithm is algorithmically enhanced for a particular type of SIMD architecture. The SIMD impleme...	false	false	[ "Charles D. Hansen", "Paul A. Hinker" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Network video device control	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235195	Work in progress at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) involving the implementation of network clients and servers to provide networkwide access to video devices is described. Applications anywhere on the net can manage record and playback operations, change video signal routing, or adjust scan converter paramet...	false	false	[ "David R. Nadeau", "Michael J. Bailey" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Object-oriented, dataflow visualization system-a paradigm shift?	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235182	Discusses the breadth and the effectiveness of application visualization systems (AVSs). The current and future research areas involving AVSs, drawbacks and limitations of certain application areas, possible improvements to AVSs, and alternative analysis and visualization approaches are discussed.<<ETX>>	false	false	[ "William Ribarsky", "Bob Brown", "Terry Myerson", "Richard Feldmann", "Stuart Smith", "Lloyd Treinish" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Optimizing triangulations by curvature equalization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235191	An algorithm that attempts to improve a triangulation by shifting the vertices so that curvature within the triangles is nearly equal is presented. Unnecessary triangles are removed. The method is an effective way of guaranteeing that the triangle vertices are points of higher curvature, and that the triangle edges cor...	false	false	[ "Lori L. Scarlatos", "Theodosios Pavlidis" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Real virtual environment applications-now	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235184	Discusses efforts to develop virtual environment (VE) systems. The applications discussed are medical telesurgery, maintenance access, presence simulators, accounting visualizations, topographic visualizations and tools to assist developers in determining the value added of potential VE-based solutions.<<ETX>&...	false	false	[ "Paul T. Breen", "Georges G. Grinstein", "David W. Mizell", "Richard M. Satava", "Bradford Smith", "Michael M. Stephens", "David Zeltzer" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Rendering surface-particles	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235226	Surface-particles are very small facets, modeled as points with a normal. They can be used to visualize flow in several ways by variation of the properties of the particle sources. A method is presented for the rendering of surface-particles. This method includes an improved shading model, the use of Gaussian filters f...	false	false	[ "Jarke J. van Wijk" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Representing medical images with partitioning trees	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235214	The binary space partitioning tree is a method of converting a discrete space representation to a particular continuous space representation. The conversion is accomplished using standard discrete space operators developed for edge detection, followed by a Hough transform to generate candidate hyperplanes that are used...	false	false	[ "Kalpathi R. Subramanian", "Bruce F. Naylor" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	SuperGlue: a programming environment for scientific visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235202	It is suggested that many existing platforms over emphasize ease-of-use and do not adequately address issues of extensibility. A visualization testbed, called SuperGlue, which is particularly suited for the rapid development of new visualization methods, was built. An interpreter supports rapid development of new code,...	false	false	[ "Jeff P. Hultquist", "E. L. Raible" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Surface curvature analysis using color	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235200	In the automotive industry, it is highly important that the exterior body panels be esthetically pleasing. One aspect of creating esthetically pleasing surfaces is to require that they be fair. A system that has proven useful for diagnosis of surface fairness problems is presented. How to choose a set of colors with pe...	false	false	[ "L. R. Seidenberg", "Robert B. Jerard", "J. Megewick" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Techniques for managing very large scientific databases	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235187	Discusses issues relating to the state of the art in scientific data management. Management of scientific data sets or databases is reviewed. The generic science requirements, as well as a case example that drives the underlying data management system architecture are explored, showing current technology limitations. A...	false	false	[ "William J. Campbell", "George Fekete", "Robert F. Cromp", "Ray Wall", "Michael Goldberg" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	The microscopist's workstation	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235177	Issues involved in operating a sophisticated scientific instrument as a computer peripheral accessible over a high-speed network are studied. A custom interactive visualization application was constructed to support investigation using a unique computer-controlled high-voltage electron microscope. The researcher's work...	false	false	[ "Philip J. Mercurio", "T. Todd Elvins", "Stephen J. Young" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	The state of the art of visual languages for visualization	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235207	Data flow visual language systems are being used to provide sophisticated environments for the visualization of scientific data. These systems are evolving rapidly and are beginning to encompass related technologies such as distributed computing and user interface development systems. A hierarchical classification of t...	false	false	[ "Carla S. Williams", "John Rasure", "C. Hansen" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Towards a comprehensive volume visualization system	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235231	The VolVis system has been developed to satisfy the diverse requirements of the volume visualization community by comfortably housing numerous visualization algorithms and methods within a consistent and well organized framework. The VolVis system is supported by a generalized abstract model which provides for both geo...	false	false	[ "Ricardo S. Avila", "Lisa M. Sobierajski", "Arie E. Kaufman" ]	[]	[]	[]
Vis	1,992	Virtual Smoke: an interactive 3D flow visualization technique	10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235227	A technique is given for computer visualization of simultaneous three-dimensional vector and scalar fields such as velocity and temperature in reacting fluid flow fields. The technique, which is called Virtual Smoke, simulates the use of colored smoke for experimental gaseous fluid flow visualization. However, it is no...	false	false	[ "Kwan-Liu Ma", "Philip J. Smith" ]	[]	[]	[]

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