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; and, 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 - this work covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.