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.

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:

.Virtual environments for visualization

.Basic visualization algorithms

.Large-scale data visualization

.Scalar data isosurface methods

.Visualization software and frameworks

.Scalar data volume rendering

.Perceptual issues in visualization

.Various application topics, including information visualization.

* Edited by two of the best known people in the world on the subject; chapter authors are authoritative experts in their own fields;

* Covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.