Visualization Handbook

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. <br><br>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:<br>· Virtual environments for visualization<br>· Basic visualization algorithms<br>· Large-scale data visualization<br>· Scalar data isosurface methods<br>· Visualization software and frameworks<br>· Scalar data volume rendering<br>· Perceptual issues in visualization<br>· Various application topics, including information visualization.<br><br>* Edited by two of the best known people in the world on the subject; chapter authors are authoritative experts in their own fields;<br>* Covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.