In this paper we propose an approach in which interactive visualization and analysis are combined with batch tools for the processing of largedata collections. large and heterogeneous data collections are difficult t...
详细信息
In this paper we propose an approach in which interactive visualization and analysis are combined with batch tools for the processing of largedata collections. large and heterogeneous data collections are difficult to analyze and pose specific problems to interactive visualization. Application of the traditional interactive processing and visualization approaches as well as batch processing encounter considerable drawbacks for such large and heterogeneous data collections due to the amount and type of data. Computing resources are not sufficient for interactive exploration of the data and automated analysis has the disadvantage that the user has only limited control and feedback on the analysis process. In our approach, an analysis procedure with features and attributes of interest for the analysis is defined interactively. This procedure is used for off-line processing of large collections of data sets. The results of the batch process along with "visual summaries" are used for further analysis. visualization is not only used for the presentation of the result, but also as a tool to monitor the validity and quality of the operations performed during the batch process. Operations such as feature extraction and attribute calculation of the collected data sets are validated by visual inspection. This approach is illustrated by an extensive case study, in which a collection of confocal microscopy data sets is analyzed.
The proceedings contain 44 papers. The topics discussed include: interactive streamline exploration and manipulation using deformation;surface flow visualization using the closest point embedding;parallel unsteady flo...
ISBN:
(纸本)9781467368797
The proceedings contain 44 papers. The topics discussed include: interactive streamline exploration and manipulation using deformation;surface flow visualization using the closest point embedding;parallel unsteady flow line integral convolution for high-performance dense visualization;dendrogramix: a hybrid tree-matrix visualization technique to support interactive exploration of dendrograms;attribute-driven edge bundling for general graphs with applications in trail analysis;interactive visual summary of major communities in a large network;spherical layout and rendering methods for immersive graph visualization;multistory: visual analytics of dynamic multi-relational networks;variational circular treemaps for interactive visualization of hierarchical data;and applying feature integration theory to glyph-based information visualization.
We propose a new application of stochastic point-based rendering, which was recently proposed for implicit surfaces, to large-scale laser-scanned 3D point data. Specifically, we propose a scheme to apply the rendering...
详细信息
ISBN:
(纸本)9781479928736
We propose a new application of stochastic point-based rendering, which was recently proposed for implicit surfaces, to large-scale laser-scanned 3D point data. Specifically, we propose a scheme to apply the rendering to transparent and fused visualization of recent large and complex laser-scanned data from cultural assets. Our scheme uses 3D points that are directly acquired using a laser scanner as the rendering primitives. For laser-scanned data that consist of more than 10(7) or 10(8) 3D points, the pre-processing stage takes only a few minutes, and the rendering stage is executable at interactive frame rates. We do not encounter rendering artifacts originating from the indefiniteness of depth-sorted orders of rendering primitives. Fused visualization with various visual assistants is also possible. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our scheme by visualizing a campus building and a culturally important festival float.
The proceedings contain 12 papers. The topics discussed include: large-scale parallelvisualization of particle-based simulations using point sprites and level-of-detail;memory-efficient on-the-fly voxelization of par...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783905674811
The proceedings contain 12 papers. The topics discussed include: large-scale parallelvisualization of particle-based simulations using point sprites and level-of-detail;memory-efficient on-the-fly voxelization of particle data;visualization of 2D wave propagation by Huygens' principle;visualization showcase: general-relativistic black hole visualization;SIMD parallel ray tracing of homogeneous polyhedral grids;packet-oriented streamline tracing on modern SIMD architectures;volume rendering via data-parallel primitives;visualization of high-resolution weather model data;TOD-tree: task-overlapped direct send tree image compositing for hybrid MPI parallelism;contour tree depth images for largedatavisualization;out-of-core framework for QEM-based mesh simplification;and visualizing groundwater flow through karst limestone.
In this paper, we describe a novel 3D subdivision strategy to extract the surface of binary image data. This iterative approach generates a series of surface meshes that capture different levels of detail of the under...
详细信息
In this paper, we describe a novel 3D subdivision strategy to extract the surface of binary image data. This iterative approach generates a series of surface meshes that capture different levels of detail of the underlying structure. At the highest level of detail, the resulting surface mesh generated by our approach uses only about 10 percent of the triangles in comparison to the Marching Cube ( MC) algorithm, even in settings where almost no image noise is present. Our approach also eliminates the so-called "staircase effect," which voxel-based algorithms like the MC are likely to show, particularly if nonuniformly sampled images are processed. Finally, we show how the presented algorithm can be parallelized by subdividing 3D image space into rectilinear blocks of subimages. As the algorithm scales very well with an increasing number of processors in a multithreaded setting, this approach is suited to process large image data sets of several gigabytes. Although the presented work is still computationally more expensive than simple voxel-based algorithms, it produces fewer surface triangles while capturing the same level of detail, is more robust toward image noise, and eliminates the above-mentioned "staircase" effect in anisotropic settings. These properties make it particularly useful for biomedical applications, where these conditions are often encountered.
Do court cases differ from place to place? What kind of picture do we get by looking at a country's collection of law cases? We introduce parallel Tag Clouds: a new way to visualize differences amongst facets of v...
详细信息
The one-to-one strategy of mapping each single data item into a graphical marker adopted in many visualization techniques has limited usefulness when the number of records and/or the dimensionality of the data set are...
详细信息
ISBN:
(纸本)0780387791
The one-to-one strategy of mapping each single data item into a graphical marker adopted in many visualization techniques has limited usefulness when the number of records and/or the dimensionality of the data set are very high. In this situation, the strong overlapping of graphical markers severely hampers the user's ability to identify patterns in the data from its visual representation. We tackle this problem here with a strategy that computes frequency or density information from the data set, and uses such information in parallel Coordinates visualizations to filter out the information to be presented to the user, thus reducing visual clutter and allowing the analyst to observe relevant patterns in the data. The algorithms to construct such visualizations, and the interaction mechanisms supported, inspired by traditional image processing techniques such as grayscale manipulation and thresholding are also presented. We also illustrate how such algorithms can assist users to effectively identify clusters in very noisy largedata sets.
The proceedings contain 29 papers. The topics discussed include: capstone address: visualization of high dimensional data in brain and information sciences;second-order pre-integrated volume rendering;dynamic shader g...
详细信息
ISBN:
(纸本)9781424419661
The proceedings contain 29 papers. The topics discussed include: capstone address: visualization of high dimensional data in brain and information sciences;second-order pre-integrated volume rendering;dynamic shader generation for flexible multi-volume visualization;interactive exploration of remote isosurfaces with point-based non-photorealistic rendering;crossing minimization meets simultaneous drawing;effects on crossing angles;visual statistics for collections of clustered graphs;energy-based hierarchical edge clustering of graphs;finite-time transport structures of flow fields;importance-driven particle techniques for flow visualization;illustrative streamline placement visualization;and optimizing parallel performance of streamline visualization for large distributed flow datasets.
The discrete nature of categorical data makes it a particular challenge for visualization. Methods that work very well for continuous data are often hardly usable with categorical dimensions. Only few methods deal pro...
详细信息
ISBN:
(纸本)078039464X
The discrete nature of categorical data makes it a particular challenge for visualization. Methods that work very well for continuous data are often hardly usable with categorical dimensions. Only few methods deal properly with such data, mostly because of the discrete nature of categorical data, which does not translate well into the continuous domains of space and color. parallel Sets is a new visualization method that adopts the layout of parallel coordinates, but substitutes the individual data points by a frequency-based representation. This abstracted view, combined with a set of carefully designed interactions, supports visual data analysis of large and complex data sets. The technique allows efficient work with meta data, which is particularly important when dealing with categorical datasets. By creating new dimensions from existing ones, for example, the user can filter the data according to his or her current needs. We also present the results from an interactive analysis of CRM data using parallel Sets. We demonstrate how the flexible layout eases the process of knowledge crystallization, especially when combined with a sophisticated interaction scheme.
We present a novel approach to out-of-core time-varying isosurface visualization. We attempt to interactively visualize time-varying datasets which are too large to fit into main memory using a technique which is dram...
详细信息
We present a novel approach to out-of-core time-varying isosurface visualization. We attempt to interactively visualize time-varying datasets which are too large to fit into main memory using a technique which is dramatically different from existing algorithms. Inspired by video encoding techniques, we examine the data differences between time steps to extract isosurface information. We exploit span space extraction techniques to retrieve operations necessary to update isosurface geometry from neighboring time steps. Because only the changes between time steps need to be retrieved from disk, I/O bandwidth requirements are minimized. We apply temporal compression to further reduce disk access and employ a point-based previewing technique that is refined in idle interaction cycles. Our experiments on computational simulation data indicate that this method is an extremely viable solution to large time-varying isosurface visualization. Our work advances the state-of-the-art by enabling all isosurfaces to be represented by a compact set of operations.
暂无评论