Smart Surrogate Widgets for Direct Volume Manipulation

Abstract

Figure 1: Illustrative visualization techniques such as cutaways or ghosting views are used to emphasize important concealed structures. Typically such structures are carefully segmented prior to the visualization. Our approach allows for the simple creation of illustrative visualizations without prior processing of the data. The leftmost image shows the visible human data set manipulated with our technique to reveal the skeleton and inner organs. The next image shows an illustrative visualization of the human cochlea. The second image from the right shows an illustrative cutaway of a beetle. The rightmost image shows a cutaway illustration of a high voltage power outlet.

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