IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 2

Volume 2, Number 1, March 1996

Editorial. 1-2
Christoph M. Hoffmann, Jarek Rossignac:
A Road Map To Solid Modeling. 3-10
Alexei Sourin, Alexander A. Pasko:
Function Representation for Sweeping by a Moving Solid. 11-18
Ari Rappoport, Alla Sheffer, Michel Bercovier:
Volume-Preserving Free-Form Solids. 19-27
Hervé Lamure, Dominique Michelucci:
Solving Geometric Constraints By Homotopy. 28-34
Jovan Zagajac:
A Fast Method for Estimating Discrete Field Values in Early Engineering Design. 35-43
Evan C. Sherbrooke, Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, Erik Brisson:
An Algorithm for the Medial Axis Transform of 3D Polyhedral Solids. 44-61
Damian J. Sheehy, Cecil G. Armstrong, Desmond J. Robinson:
Shape Description By Medial Surface Construction. 62-72

Regular Issue Papers

Yarden Livnat, Han-Wei Shen, Christopher R. Johnson:
A Near Optimal Isosurface Extraction Algorithm Using the Span Space. 73-84
Hong Qin, Demetri Terzopoulos:
D-NURBS: A Physics-Based Framework for Geometric Design. 85-96

Gregory M. Nielson:
Theme Issue Introduction: Challenges in Visualization Research. 97-99
Shyh-Kuang Ueng, Christopher A. Sikorski, Kwan-Liu Ma:
Efficient Streamline, Streamribbon, and Streamtube Constructions on Unstructured Grids. 100-110
Theo van Walsum, Frits H. Post, Deborah Silver, Frank J. Post:
Feature Extraction and Iconic Visualization. 111-119
David N. Kenwright, David A. Lane:
Interactive Time-Dependent Particle Tracing Using Tetrahedral Decomposition. 120-129
Markus H. Gross, Oliver G. Staadt, Roger Gatti:
Efficient Triangular Surface Approximations Using Wavelets and Quadtree Data Structures. 130-143
Issei Fujishiro, Yuji Maeda, Hiroshi Sato, Yuriko Takeshima:
Volumetric Data Exploration Using Interval Volume. 144-155
Xiaoyang Mao:
Splatting of Non Rectilinear Volumes Through Stochastic Resampling. 156-170
Taosong He, Lichan Hong, Amitabh Varshney, Sidney W. Wang:
Controlled Topology Simplification. 171-184
Yarden Livnat, Han-Wei Shen, Christopher R. Johnson:
Correction: A Near Optimal Isosurface Extraction Algorithm Using the Span Space. 184

Arie E. Kaufman:
Editorial. 185
Peggy Li, William H. Duquette, David W. Curkendall:
RIVA: A Versatile Parallel Rendering System for Interactive Scientific Visualization. 186-201
Tong-Yee Lee, C. S. Raghavendra, John B. Nicholas:
Image Composition Schemes for Sort-Last Polygon Rendering on 2D Mesh Multicomputers. 202-217
Philippe Lacroute:
Analysis of a Parallel Volume Rendering System Based on the Shear-Warp Factorization. 218-231
Ron Kikinis, Martha Elizabeth Shenton, Dan V. Iosifescu, Robert W. McCarley, Pairash Saiviroonporn, Hiroto H. Hokama, Andre Robatino, David Metcalf, Cindy Wible, Chiara M. Portas, Robert M. Donnino, Ferenc A. Jolesz:
A Digital Brain Atlas for Surgical Planning, Model-Driven Segmentation, and Teaching. 232-241
Mark J. Bentum, Barthold B. A. Lichtenbelt, Thomas Malzbender:
Frequency Analysis of Gradient Estimators in Volume Rendering. 242-254
Daniel Cohen-Or, Eran Rich, Uri Lerner, Victor Shenkar:
A Real-Time Photo-Realistic Visual Flythrough. 255-265
Craig M. Wittenbrink, Alex Pang, Suresh K. Lodha:
Glyphs for Visualizing Uncertainty in Vector Fields. 266-279

Editorial. 281-282
Jeffry Nimeroff, Julie Dorsey, Holly E. Rushmeier:
Implementation and Analysis of an Image-Based Global Illumination Framework for Animated Environments. 283-298
George Drettakis, Eugene Fiume:
Structured Penumbral Irradiance Computation. 299-312
Wayne O. Cochran, John C. Hart, Patrick J. Flynn:
Fractal Volume Compression. 313-322
Subodh Kumar, Dinesh Manocha, Anselmo Lastra:
Interactive Display of Large NURBS Models. 323-336
Seungyong Lee, George Wolberg, Kyung-Yong Chwa, Sung Yong Shin:
Image Metamorphosis with Scattered Feature Constraints. 337-354
David Knight, Gordon Mallinson:
Visualizing Unstructured Flow Data Using Dual Stream Functions. 355-363
Raghu Machiraju, Roni Yagel:
Reconstruction Error Characterization and Control: A Sampling Theory Approach. 364-378