Data Visualization by Telea, Alexandru C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction

1.1 How Visualization Works 1.2 Positioning in the Field 1.3 Book Structure 1.4 Notation 1.5 Online Material

2 From Graphics to Visualization

2.1 A Simple Example 2.2 Graphics-Rendering Basics. 2.3 Rendering the Height Plot 2.4 Texture Mapping 2.5 Transparency and Blending 2.6 Viewing 2.7 Putting It All Together 2.8 Conclusion

3 Data Representation

3.1 Continuous Data 3.2 Sampled Data 3.3 Discrete Datasets 3.4 Cell Types 3.5 Grid Types 3.6 Attributes 3.7 Computing Derivatives of Sampled Data 3.8 Implementation 3.9 Advanced Data Representation 3.10 Conclusion

4 The Visualization Pipeline

4.1 Conceptual Perspective 4.2 Implementation Perspective 4.3 Algorithm Classification 4.4 Conclusion

5 Scalar Visualization

5.1 Color Mapping 5.2 Designing Eﬀective Colormaps 5.3 Contouring 5.4 Height Plots 5.5 Conclusion

6 Vector Visualization

6.1 Divergence and Vorticity 6.2 Vector Glyphs 6.3 Vector Color Coding 6.4 Displacement Plots 6.5 Stream Objects 6.6 Texture-Based Vector Visualization 6.7 Simplified Representation of Vector Fields 6.8 Illustrative Vector Field Rendering 6.9 Conclusion

7 Tensor Visualization

7.1 Principal Component Analysis 7.2 Visualizing Components 7.3 Visualizing Scalar PCA Information 7.4 Visualizing Vector PCA Information 7.5 Tensor Glyphs 7.6 Fiber Tracking 7.7 Illustrative Fiber Rendering 7.8 Hyperstreamlines 7.9 Conclusion

8 Domain-Modeling Techniques

8.1 Cutting 8.2 Selection 8.3 Grid Construction from Scattered Points 8.4 Grid-Processing Techniques 8.5 Conclusion

9 Image Visualization

9.1 Image Data Representation 9.2 Image Processing and Visualization 9.3 Basic Imaging Algorithms 9.4 Shape Representation and Analysis 9.5 Conclusion

10 Volume Visualization

10.1 Motivation 10.2 Volume Visualization Basics 10.3 Image Order Techniques 10.4 Object Order Techniques 10.5 Volume Rendering vs. Geometric Rendering 10.6 Conclusion

11 Information Visualization

11.1 What Is Infovis? 11.2 Infovis vs. Scivis: A Technical Comparison 11.3 Table Visualization 11.4 Visualization of Relations 11.5 Multivariate Data Visualization 11.6 Text Visualization 11.7 Conclusion

12 Conclusion Visualization Software

A.1 Taxonomies of Visualization Systems A.2 Scientific Visualization Software A.3 Imaging Software A.4 Grid Processing Software A.5 Information Visualization Software

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