Topology-based flow visualization, the state of the art |
Topology-Based Methods in Visualization, Springer Verlag, Mathematics and Visualization Series - 2007
Flow visualization research has made rapid advances in recent years, especially in the area of topology-based flow visualization. The ever increasing size of scientific data sets favors algorithms that are capable of extracting important subsets of the data, leaving the scientist with a more manageable representation that may be visualized interactively. Extracting the topology of a flow achieves the goal of obtaining a compact representation of a vector or tensor field while simultaneously retaining its most important features. We present the state of the art in topology-based flow visualization techniques. We outline numerous topology-based algorithms categorized according to the type and dimensionality of data on which they operate and according to the goal-oriented nature of each method. Topology tracking algorithms are also discussed. The result serves as a useful introduction and overview to research literature concerned with the study of topology-based flow visualization.
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@InCollection { LHZP07a, author = "Laramee, Robert S. and Hauser, Helwig and Zhao, Lingxiao and Post, Frits H.", title = "Topology-based flow visualization, the state of the art", booktitle = "Topology-Based Methods in Visualization", year = "2007", editor = "Helwig Hauser and Hans Hagen and Holger Theisel", publisher = "Springer Verlag, Mathematics and Visualization Series", note = "(note 978-3-540-70822-3)", type = "incollection", url = "http://graphics.tudelft.nl/Publications-new/2007/LHZP07a" }