State of the art in transfer functions for direct volume rendering

P Ljung, J Krüger, E Groller, M Hadwiger… - Computer graphics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A central topic in scientific visualization is the transfer function (TF) for volume rendering.
The TF serves a fundamental role in translating scalar and multivariate data into color and …

A generative model for volume rendering

M Berger, J Li, JA Levine - IEEE transactions on visualization …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a technique to synthesize and analyze volume-rendered images using
generative models. We use the Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) framework to …

Isosurface similarity maps

S Bruckner, T Möller - Computer Graphics Forum, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we introduce the concept of isosurface similarity maps for the visualization of
volume data. Iso‐surface similarity maps present structural information of a volume data set …

Scalable multivariate volume visualization and analysis based on dimension projection and parallel coordinates

H Guo, H **ao, X Yuan - IEEE transactions on visualization and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an effective and scalable system for multivariate volume data
visualization and analysis with a novel transfer function interface design that tightly couples …

[HTML][HTML] Transferring transfer functions (TTF): A guided approach to transfer function optimization in volume visualization

AN Saravi, J Horacsek, U Alim, JD Silva - Computers & Graphics, 2024 - Elsevier
In volume visualization, a transfer function tailored for one volume usually does not work for
other similar volumes without careful tuning. This process can be tedious and time …

Differentiable design galleries: A differentiable approach to explore the design space of transfer functions

B Pan, J Lu, H Li, W Chen, Y Wang… - … on Visualization and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The transfer function is crucial for direct volume rendering (DVR) to create an informative
visual representation of volumetric data. However, manually adjusting the transfer function to …

Multi-dimensional transfer function design based on flexible dimension projection embedded in parallel coordinates

H Guo, H **ao, X Yuan - 2011 IEEE Pacific Visualization …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an effective transfer function (TF) design for multivariate volume,
providing tightly coupled views of parallel coordinates plot (PCP), MDS-based dimension …

Image-based TF colorization with CNN for direct volume rendering

S Kim, Y Jang, SE Kim - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the direct volume rendering (DVR), it often takes a long time for a novice to manipulate the
transfer function (TF) and analyze the volume data. To lessen the difficulty in volume …

Multi-dimensional reduction and transfer function design using parallel coordinates

X Zhao, A Kaufman - Volume graphics. International …, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multi-dimensional transfer functions are widely used to provide appropriate data
classification for direct volume rendering. Nevertheless, the design of a multi-dimensional …

A clustering-based system to automate transfer function design for medical image visualization

BP Nguyen, WL Tay, CK Chui, SH Ong - The Visual Computer, 2012 - Springer
Finding good transfer functions for rendering medical volumes is difficult, non-intuitive, and
time-consuming. We introduce a clustering-based framework for the automatic generation of …