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An Effective Illustrative Visualization Framework Based on Photic Extremum Lines (PELs)
November/December 2007 (vol. 13 no. 6)
pp. 1328-1335
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Xuexiang Xie, Ying He, Feng Tian, Hock-Soon Seah, Xianfeng Gu, Hong Qin, "An Effective Illustrative Visualization Framework Based on Photic Extremum Lines (PELs)," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1328-1335, November/December, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TVCG.2007.70538,
author = {Xuexiang Xie and Ying He and Feng Tian and Hock-Soon Seah and Xianfeng Gu and Hong Qin},
title = {An Effective Illustrative Visualization Framework Based on Photic Extremum Lines (PELs)},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {13},
number = {6},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2007},
pages = {1328-1335},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2007.70538},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI - An Effective Illustrative Visualization Framework Based on Photic Extremum Lines (PELs)
IS - 6
SN - 1077-2626
SP1328
EP1335
EPD - 1328-1335
A1 - Xuexiang Xie,
A1 - Ying He,
A1 - Feng Tian,
A1 - Hock-Soon Seah,
A1 - Xianfeng Gu,
A1 - Hong Qin,
PY - 2007
KW - Surface and volume illustration
KW - illumination
KW - photic extremum lines (PELs)
KW - silhouettes
KW - suggestive contours
KW - ridges and valleys
KW - digital geometry processing.
VL - 13
JA - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
ER -
 
Conveying shape using feature lines is an important visualization tool in visual computing. The existing feature lines (e.g., ridges, valleys, silhouettes, suggestive contours, etc.) are solely determined by local geometry properties (e.g., normals and curvatures) as well as the view position. This paper is strongly inspired by the observation in human vision and perception that a sudden change in the luminance plays a critical role to faithfully represent and recover the 3D information. In particular, we adopt the edge detection techniques in image processing for 3D shape visualization and present Photic Extremum Lines (PELs) which emphasize significant variations of illumination over 3D surfaces. Comparing with the existing feature lines, PELs are more flexible and offer users more freedom to achieve desirable visualization effects. In addition, the user can easily control the shape visualization by changing the light position, the number of light sources, and choosing various light models. We compare PELs with the existing approaches and demonstrate that PEL is a flexible and effective tool to illustrate 3D surface and volume for visual computing.

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Index Terms:
Surface and volume illustration, illumination, photic extremum lines (PELs), silhouettes, suggestive contours, ridges and valleys, digital geometry processing.
Citation:
Xuexiang Xie, Ying He, Feng Tian, Hock-Soon Seah, Xianfeng Gu, Hong Qin, "An Effective Illustrative Visualization Framework Based on Photic Extremum Lines (PELs)," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1328-1335, Nov.-Dec. 2007, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2007.70538
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