3D Volume Visualization

Abstract

Three-dimensional volume visualization is a method that allows one to observe and manipulate 3D volumetric data. Many objects and natural phenomena in our spatial and temporal surroundings and in computational models are 3D volumes of data. Unlike traditional techniques, which represent 3D objects in terms of surfaces and edges approximated by polygons and lines, volume data are 3D entities that have information also inside them. They might not consist of surfaces and edges entirely. Three-dimensional volume visualization is concerned with the representation, manipulation, and rendering of the volume data. The volume visualization method allows one to peer inside the volumetric objects to view that which is not ordinarily viewable, and further to probe into the voluminous and complex structures and their dynamics to comprehend that which is not ordinarily comprehensible.