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July-September 2003 (Vol. 9, No. 3)   pp. 273-282
Dynamic Line Integral Convolution for Visualizing Streamline Evolution

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Abstract
The depiction of time-dependent vector fields is a central problem in scientific visualization. This article describes a technique for generating animations of such fields where the motion of the streamlines to be visualized is given by a second “motion” vector field. Each frame of our animation is a Line Integral Convolution of the original vector field with a time-varying input texture. The texture is evolved according to the associated motion vector field via an automatically adjusted set of random particles. We demonstrate this technique with examples from electromagnetism.
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Index Terms- Line integral convolution, time-dependent, time-varying, vector fields, field lines, streamlines, electromagnetism.

Citation:  Andreas Sundquist, "Dynamic Line Integral Convolution for Visualizing Streamline Evolution," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 09,  no. 3,  pp. 273-282,  Jul-Sept,  2003

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