Advances in Scientific Visualization

Scientific visualization is a new and rapidly growing area

in which efforts from computer graphics research and many

scientific and engineering disciplines are integrated. Its

aim is to enhance interpretation and understanding by

scientists of large amounts of data from measurements or

complex computer simulations, using computer generated

images and animation sequences. It exploits the power of

human visual perception to identify trends and structures,

and recognize shapes and patterns. Development of new

numerical simulation methods in many areas increasingly

depends on visualization as an effective way to obtain an

intuitive understanding of a problem.

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the

second Eurographics workshop on Visualization in Scientific

Computing, held in Delft, the Netherlands, in April 1991.

Theissues addressed are visualization tool and system

design, new presentation techniques for volume data and

vector fields, and numerous case studies in scientific

visualization. Application areas include geology, medicine,

fluid dynamics, molecular science, and environmental

protection.

The book will interest researchers and students in computer

graphics and scientists from many disciplines interested in

recent results in visual data analysis and presentation. It

reflects the state of the art in visualization research

and shows a wide variety of experimental systems and

imaginative applications.