The 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.