Volume illustration for medicine and flows
David S. Ebert, N.A. Svakhine · 2006
This talk will start by describing general techniques and principles for effective computergenerated illustrations of volumetric datasets and review the state-of-the-art of volume illustration. It will then describe unique techniques and problems of both medical and flow data and discuss specific solution techniques for each class of data. An in-depth presentation of the work by Ebert's group in this area will be discussed next, including work on interactive stipple rendering, example-based volume illustration, and then Svakhine's system for interactive medical and flow illustration. The talk will conclude with a discussion of implementation and optimization techniques for interactive volume illustration by Svakhine as well as an interactive demonstration of the use of the system for medical education illustration, surgical simulation training, and analyzing three-dimensional fluid flow datasets, such as flow past spacecraft and convective flows.