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Vector Field Methods

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Visualizing vector field data is challenging because no existing natural representation can visually convey large amounts of three-dimensional directional information. Visualization researchers have adopted analogues to fluid flow and wind tunnel techniques. One result has been a set of graphical icons such as arrows, motion particles, stream lines, stream ribbons, and stream tubes that act as three-dimensional depth cues. SCI Institute researchers have developed local and global visualization techniques to explore three-dimensional vector field data. Using the Line Integral Convolution method as the underlying algorithm, the user can inject "dyes" of various colors into the 2D/3D LIC flow field and thus probe its shape and behavior.

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