Scientific Visualization: The Visual Extraction of Knowledge from Data

Adaptive Contouring with Quadratic Tetrahedra.- On the Convexification of Unstructured Grids from a Scientific Visualization Perspective.- Brain Mapping Using Topology Graphs Obtained by Surface Segmentation.- Computing and Displaying Intermolecular Negative Volume for Docking.- Optimized Bounding Polyhedra for GPU-Based Distance Transform.- Generating, Representing and Querying Level-Of-Detail Tetrahedral Meshes.- Split' N Fit: Adaptive Fitting of Scattered Point Cloud Data.- Ray Casting with Programmable Graphics Hardware.- Volume Exploration Made Easy Using Feature Maps.- Fantastic Voyage of the Virtual Colon.- Volume Denoising for Visualizing Refraction.- Emphasizing Isosurface Embeddings in Direct Volume Rendering.- Diagnostic Relevant Visualization of Vascular Structures.- Clifford Convolution and Pattern Matching on Irregular Grids.- Fast and Robust Extraction of Separation Line Features.- Fast Vortex Axis Calculation Using Vortex Features and Identification Algorithms.- Topological Features in Vector Fields.- Generalizing Focus+Context Visualization.- Rule-based Morphing Techniques for Interactive Clothing Catalogs.- A Practical System for Constrained Interactive Walkthroughs of Arbitrarily Complex Scenes.- Component Based Visualisation of DIET Applications.- Facilitating the Visual Analysis of Large-Scale Unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations.- Evolving Dataflow Visualization Environments to Grid Computing.- Earthquake Visualization Using Large-scale Ground Motion and Structural Response Simulations.

Thomas Ertl, geb. 1968, ist akademischer Mitarbeiter zur Mittelalterlichen Geschichte und Historischen Grundwissenschaften an der Universität Heidelberg. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Globalisierung, Internationale Beziehungen, Kulturtransfer und Akkulturation im Mittelalter.