Designed especially for neurobiologists, FluoRender is an interactive tool for multi-channel fluorescence microscopy data visualization and analysis.
Deep brain stimulation
BrainStimulator is a set of networks that are used in SCIRun to perform simulations of brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and magnetic transcranial stimulation (TMS).
Developing software tools for science has always been a central vision of the SCI Institute.

SCI Publications

2003


K. Riley, D. Ebert, C.D. Hansen, J. Levit. “Visually Accurate Multi-Field Weather Visualization,” In IEEE Visualization 2003, Seattle, pp. 279--286. 2003.



J. Schpok, J. Simons, D.S. Ebert, C.D. Hansen. “A Real-Time Cloud Modeling, Rendering, and Animation System,” In ACM Symposium on Computer Animation, San Diego, pp. 160--166. 2003.



C. Wyman, C.D. Hansen. “Penumbra Maps: Approximate Soft Shadows in Real-Time,” In Eurographics Rendering Symposium, Belguim, pp. 202--207. 2003.


2002


J.M. Kniss, G. Kindlmann, C.D. Hansen. “Multidimensional Transfer Functions for Interactive Volume Rendering,” In IEEE Trans. Vis & Comp. Graph., Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 270--285. 2002.



J.M. Kniss, C.D. Hansen, M. Grenier, T. Robinson. “Volume Rendering Multivariate Data to Visualize Meteorological Simulations: A Case Study,” In Proceeding of The Joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization 2002, 2002.



J.M. Kniss, S. Premoze, C.D. Hansen, D. Ebert. “Interactive Translucent Volume Rendering and Procedural Modeling,” In Proceeding of IEEE Visualization 2002, 2002.



Y. Livnat, X. Cavin, C.D. Hansen. “PHASE: Progressive Hardware Assisted IsoSurface Extraction Framework,” SCI Institute Technical Report, No. UUSCI-2002-001, University of Utah, 2002.



A. Lu, J. Taylor, M. Hartner, D. Ebert, C.D. Hansen. “Hardware-Accelerated Interactive Illustrative Stipple Drawing of Polygonal Objects,” In Proceedings of The 7th International Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization, Erlangen, Germany, pp. 61--68. November, 2002.



A. Lu, C.J. Morris, D. Ebert, P. Rheingans, C.D. Hansen. “Non-Photorealistic Volume Rendering Using Stippling Techniques,” In Proceeding of IEEE Visualization 2002, Boston, MA, Note: Awarded Best Paper at the conference, pp. 211--218. 2002.



E. Luke, C.D. Hansen. “Semotus Visum: A Flexible Remote Visualization Framework,” In Proceeding of IEEE Visualization 2002, Boston, MA, pp. 61--68. 2002.



E. Reinhard, C.D. Hansen, S.G. Parker. “Interactive Ray Tracing of Time Varying Data,” In Proceedings of The 4th Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, Germany, pp. 77--82. September, 2002.


2001


M. Bertram, D. Laney, M. Duchaineau, C.D. Hansen, B. Hamann, K. Joy. “Wavelet Representation of Contour Sets,” In Proceeding of IEEE Visualization 2001, pp. 303--310, 566. 2001.



J.D. Brederson, M. Ikits, C.R. Johnson, C.D. Hansen. “A Prototype System For Synergistic Data Display,” In IEEE Virtual Reality 2001, 2001.



M. Ikits, J.D. Brederson, C.D. Hansen, J.M. Hollerbach. “An Improved Calibration Framework for Electromagnetic Tracking Devices,” In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2001, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 63--70. Mar, 2001.



M. Ikits, J.D. Brederson, C.D. Hansen, J.M. Hollerbach. “Calibration of 6DOF Electromagnetic Tracking Devices,” In IEEE VR2001, Japan, pp. 63--70. 2001.



C.R. Johnson, D. Brederson, C.D. Hansen, M. Ikits, G. Kindlmann, Y. Livnat, S.G. Parker, D.M. Weinstein, R.T. Whitaker. “Computational Field Visualization,” In Computer Graphics, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 5--9. 2001.



J.M. Kniss, G. Kindlmann, C.D. Hansen. “Interactive Volume Rendering Using Multi-Dimensional Transfer Functions and Direct Manipulation Widgets,” In Proceeding of IEEE Visualization 2001, pp. 255--262. October, 2001.



J.M. Kniss, P. McCormick, A. McPherson, J. Ahrens, J. Painter, A. Keahey, C.D. Hansen. “Interactive Texture-based Volume Rendering for Large Datasets,” In IEEE Comp. Graph. & Applic., Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 52--61. July/August, 2001.



J.M. Kniss, P. McCormick, A. McPherson, J. Ahrens, J. Painter, A. Keahey, C.D. Hansen. “T-Rex, Texture-based Volume Rendering for Extremely Large Datasets,” In IEEE Comp. Graph. & Applic., Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 52--61. 2001.



Y. Livnat, C.D. Hansen, S.G. Parker, C.R. Johnson. “Isosurface extraction for large-scale datasets,” In Proceedings of Scientific Visualization -Dagstuhl`2000, Edited by F. Post, 2001.