Paper Info
Title
Immersive visualization and interactive analysis of ground penetrating radar data
Abstract
Ground Penetrating Radar is a geophysical technique for obtaining information about sub-surface earth materials. Geologists use the data collected to obtain a view of terrain underground. This data is typically viewed using a desktop interface where the user usually interacts using a keyboard and mouse. Visualizing the data in a slice by slice 2D format can be difficult to interpret. Instead, we created a program for an immersive visualization environment that uses tracked input devices. This is done using real-time, stereoscopic, perspective-corrected, slice-based volume rendering. To aid with the visualization the user can modify the display of the volume using integrated tools, such as transfer functions, lighting, and color maps. Users are also given data analysis tools to take application-specific measurements such as dip, strike, other angles, and distances in 3D. Compared to typical desktop interface interactions, the 6-degree of freedom user interface provided by the immersive visualization environment makes it notably easier to perform the application-specific measurements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-24031-7_4
ISVC
Keywords
Field
DocType
desktop interface,immersive visualization environment,freedom user interface,interactive analysis,ground penetrating radar,color map,radar data,typical desktop interface interaction,geophysical technique,data analysis tool,immersive visualization,application-specific measurement,slice-based volume rendering
Computer vision,Volume rendering,Computer graphics (images),Ground-penetrating radar,Stereoscopy,Computer science,Visualization,Terrain,Artificial intelligence,User interface,Earth materials,Input device
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
12
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matthew R. Sgambati122.38
Steven Koepnick211.02
Daniel S. Coming31368.75
Nicholas Lancaster400.34
Frederick C. Harris Jr.554778.86