3-D Visualization

Volume Visualization Techniques

Volume Visualization Topics

This page presents a quick overview of the volume visualization topics discussed in this section.

• Overview of Volume Visualization - discusses the types of volume data you can visualize with MATLAB and introduces the techniques available.
• Volume Visualization Functions - provides a list of the functions used for volume visualization.
• Visualizing Scalar Volume Data - summarizes the techniques available for visualizing scalar volume data.
• Visualizing MRI Data - shows ways to visualize MRI data using 2- and 3-D contour slices, isosurfaces, isocaps, and lighting.
• Exploring Volumes with Slice Planes - illustrates the use of slice planes with scalar volume data.
• Connecting Equal Values with Isosurfaces - shows the use of isosurfaces to illustrate fluid data.
• Isocaps. Add Context to Visualizations - demonstrates the use of isocaps to improve the clarity of isosurface plots.
• Visualizing Vector Volume Data - summarizes the techniques available for visualizing vector volume data, including using scalar techniques, determining starting points for stream plots, and plotting subregions of volumes.
• Stream Line Plots of Vector Data - demonstrates the use of stream lines, slice planes, and contours lines used in conjunction.
• Displaying Curl with Stream Ribbons - illustrates the use of stream ribbon plots to display the curl of a vector field.
• Displaying Divergence with Stream Tubes - illustrates the use of stream tube plots to display the divergence of a vector field. Slice planes and contour lines are used to enhance the visualization.
• Creating Stream Particle Animations - uses a combination of stream lines and stream particles to create an animation showing wind currents.
• Vector Field Displayed with Cone Plots - applies a combination of cone plots, isosurfaces, lighting, and camera placement to visualize a vector field.

Interpolating in Indexed Color Versus Truecolor

Overview of Volume Visualization