Xavier Tricoche
Xavier Tricoche
Research Assistant Professor


SCI Institute
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
University of Utah


Address
University of Utah
Merrill Engineering Bulding
50 S Central Campus Drive, Room 3490
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
USA
Phone (801) 587-7877
Fax
 (801) 585-6513
Email
 email address


Publications


Vector and Tensor Field Topology
       
X. Tricoche, X. Zheng, A. Pang.
Visualizing the Topology of Symmetric, Second-Order, Time-varying Two-Dimensional Tensor Fields. [pdf]
Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, Mathematics + Visualization, Springer, 2006, pp. 225-240.

X. Zheng, X. Tricoche, A. Pang.
Degenerate 3D Tensors. [pdf]
Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, Mathematics + Visualization, Springer, 2006, pp. 241-256.


G. Scheuermann, X. Tricoche.
Topological Methods in Flow Visualization. [pdf]
In Visualization Handbook, C.D Hansen and C.R. Johnson eds., Elsevier, 2004, pp. 341-356.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann.
Topology Simplification of Symmetric, Second Order 2D Tensor Fields. [pdf]
In Geometric Modeling Methods in Scientific Visualization, Springer, 2003.

X. Tricoche.
Vector and Tensor Topology Simplification, Tracking, and Visualization. [pdf]
Ph.D. Thesis, Schriftenreihe Fachbereich Informatik (3), University of Kaiserslautern, 2002.

X. Tricoche, T. Wischgoll, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Topology Tracking for the Visualization of Time-Dependent Two-Dimensional Flows. [pdf]
Computer & Graphics 26, 2002, pp. 249-257.

X. Tricoche.
Topology Simplification for Turbulent Flow Visualization. [pdf]
Gesellschaft für Informatik, Grafiktag, 2002.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.    
Scaling the Topology of Symmetric Second Order Tensor Fields. [pdf]
In Hierarchical and Geometrical Methods in Scientific Visualization, Springer, Berlin, 2002, pp. 171-184.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Continuous Topology Simplification of Planar Vector Fields. [pdf]
IEEE Visualization '01 Proceedings, 2001, pp. 159-166.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Tensor Topology Tracking: A Visualization Method for Time-Dependent 2D Symmetric Tensor Fields. [pdf]
Computer Graphics Forum 20(3) (Eurographics 2001 Proceedings), 2001, pp. 461-470.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Topology-based Visualization of Time-Dependent 2D Vector Fields. [pdf]
Data Visualization 2001 (Joint Eurographics-IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization Proceedings), 2001, pp. 117-126.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Vector and Tensor Topology Simplification on Irregular Grids. [pdf]
Data Visualization 2001(Joint Eurographics-IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization Proceedings), 2001, pp. 101-116.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
A Topology Simplification Method for 2D Vector Fields. [pdf]
IEEE Visualization 2000 Proceedings, 2000, pp. 359-366.

X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann, H. Hagen.
Higher Order Singularities in Piecewise Linear Vector Fields. [pdf]
The Mathematics of Surfaces IX, Springer, London, 2000, pp. 99-113.

G. Scheuermann, X. Tricoche, H. Hagen.
C1-Interpolation for Vector Field Topology Visualization. [pdf]
IEEE Visualization '99 Proceedings, 1999, pp. 271-278.


General Techniques for Flow Visualization and Analysis
           
C. Garth, G.-S. Li, X. Tricoche, C.D. Hansen.
Interactive Visualization of Coherent Structures in Transient Flows.
Topology-based Methods in Visualization, Mathematics + Visualization, Springer, accepted for publication, 2007.

G.-S. Li, X. Tricoche, C. Hansen.
Visualizing Unsteady Flows on Surfaces Using Spherical Parameterization.
submitted,  2006.

G.-S. Li, X. Tricoche, C.D. Hansen.
GPUFLIC: Interactive and Accurate Dense Visualization of Unsteady Flows. [pdf]
Proceedings of Eurographics/IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization, 2006, pp. 29-34.


C. Garth, X. Tricoche.
Topology- and Feature-based Flow Visualization: Methods and Applications.
SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing, 2005, to appear.

X. Tricoche, C. Garth.
Topological Methods for Visualizing Vortical Flows.
To appear in Mathematical Foundations of Visualization, Computer Graphics, and Massive Data Exploration, Springer, 2006.

X. Tricoche, C. Garth, G. Scheuermann.
Fast and Robust Extraction of Separation Line Features. [pdf]
In Scientific Visualization: The Visual Extraction of Knowledge from Data, G.-P. Bonneau, T. Ertl, and G.M. Nielson eds., Springer, 2005, pp. 249-264.

C. Garth, X. Tricoche, T. Salzbrunn, T. Bobach, G. Scheuermann.
Surface Techniques for Vortex Visualization. [pdf]
Data Visualization 2004 (Joint Eurographics-IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization Proceedings), 2004, pp. 155-164.

M. Langbein, G. Scheuermann, X. Tricoche.
An Efficient Point Location Method for Visualization in Large Unstructured Grids. [pdf]
Vision, Modeling, and Visualization '03 Proceedings, IOS Press, 2003, pp. 27-36.

X. Tricoche.
Scattered Data Interpolation for Vector Field Visualization
M.Sc. Thesis (Mémoire de DEA), Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, June 1998.


Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications

A. Wiebel, X. Tricoche, G. Scheuerman.
Extraction of Separation Surfaces Using Topological Structures in Flow Cross Sections.
Topology-based Methods in Vization, Mathematics + Visualization, Springer, accepted for publication, 2007.

C. Garth, B. Laramee, X. Tricoche, H. Hauser, J. Schneider.
Extraction and Visualization of Swirl and Tumble Motion from Engine Simulation Data.
[pdf]
Topology-based Methods in Visualization, Mathematics + Visualization, Springer, to appear, 2006. 

X. Tricoche, C. Garth, G. Kindlmann, E. Deines, G. Scheuermann, M. Rütten, C. Hansen.
Visualization of Intricate Flow Structures for Vortex Breakdown Analysis.
[pdf]
IEEE Visualization '04 Proceedings, 2004, pp. 187-194.

C. Garth, X. Tricoche, G. Scheuermann.
Tracking of Vector Field Singularities in Unstructured 3D Time-Dependent Data Sets. [pdf]
IEEE Visualization '04 Proceedings, 2004, pp. 329-336.

X. Tricoche, C. Garth, T. Bobach, G. Scheuermann, M. Rütten.
Accurate and Efficient Visualization of Flow Structures in a Delta Wing Simulation. [pdf]
AIAA Paper 2004-2153. Proceedings of 34th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2004.

G. Scheuermann, W. Kollmann, X. Tricoche, T. Wischgoll.
Evolution of Topology in Axi-Symmetric and 3D Viscous Flows. [pdf]
In Numerical Simulations of Incompressible Flows, World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey, NJ, 2000, pp. 622-643.


Biomedical Applications
       
X. Tricoche, R.S. MacLeod, C.R. Johnson.
Visual Analysis of Bioelectric Fields.
Submitted, 2007.

C.R. Johnson, X. Tricoche.
Biomedical Visualization.
To appear in Advances in Biomedical Engineering, 2007.

X. Tricoche.
Flow Visualization for Bioelectric Activity in Human Body. [pdf]
Submitted, 2006.

G. Kindlmann, X. Tricoche, C.-F. Westin.
Anisotropy Creases Delineate White Matte Structure in Diffusion Tensor MRI. [pdf]
Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 3749 (MICCAI '06 Proceedings), 2006.

C.H. Wolters, A. Anwander, X. Tricoche, D. Weinstein, M.A. Koch, R.S. MacLeod. 
Influence of tissue conductivity anisotropy on EEG/MEG field and return current computation in a realistic head model: A simulation and visualization study using high-resolution finite element modeling.
NeuroImage 2006, 30(3), pp. 813-826.

B. Taccardi, B. Punske, F. Sachse, X. Tricoche, P. Colli-Franzone, L. Pavarino, and C. Zabawa. 
Intramural activation and repolarization sequences in canine ventricles. experimental and simulation studies.
Journal of Electrocardiology, 2005, 38(4), pp. 131-137.

C.H. Wolters, A. Anwander, X. Tricoche, S. Lew, C.R. Johnson.
Influence of Local and Remote White Matter Conductivity Anisotropy for a Thalamic Source on EEG/MEG Field and Return Current Computation.
International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism 7(1), 2005, pp. 203-206.

F. Sachse, M. Cole, R. M. Kirby, X. Tricoche, C. Johnson.
Advanced Modeling and Visualization of Cardiothoracic Electrical Fields.
Proceedings of 13th Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR13), 2005.


Misc. Visualization Techniques
           
Y. Livnat, X. Tricoche.
Shadows for Incomplete Point-Based Isosurfaces. [pdf]
Technical Report UUSCI-2005-001, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, 2005.

Y. Livnat, X. Tricoche.
Interactive Point-Based Isosurface Extraction. [pdf]
IEEE Visualization '04 Proceedings, 2004, pp. 457-464.

M. Bertram, X. Tricoche, H. Hagen.
Adaptive Smooth Scattered Data Approximation for Large-scale Terrain Visualization. [pdf]
Data Visualization 2003 (Joint Eurographics-IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization Proceedings), 2003, pp. 177-184.