TNM067 - Scientific Visualization - 2011

The course starts with an introduction to visualization, before it focuses on the basics of visualization, such as visualization pipelines, data representation and fundamental algorithms for scalar and vector visualization. During this part of the course the assignments will cover the basics of the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) to provide the practical skills needed to experiment with the methods covered in the lectures. Volume rendering is an essential part of scientific visualization. The most frequently used methods for volume rendering are covered and an update of current research in the field is given. In connection with the lectures the lab assignments deal with volume rendering of medical data. A guest lecture on medical visualization given by radiologist Anders Persson will discuss medical visualization as an application case study of volume rendering. Anders Persson is director of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization. The more advanced aspects of data representation and visualization methods and a peek at interesting research areas is given in the concluding theoretical lectures. Even though many examples of visualization are given throughout the course, the two final lectures focus on scientific and commercial applications of visualization.