IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics
03 - 04 September, 2007
The Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
CALL FOR PAPERS
Volume graphics deals with the analysis, synthesis and presentation of volumetric objects, both static and time-varying. Specifically, it includes topics related to the acquisition, reconstruction and transformation of volume data as well as feature analysis, information extraction and rendering. Research papers are solicited that present original and unpublished results concerning all aspects of volume graphics. We especially invite research contributions that report computational techniques derived from existing knowledge in numerical analysis, signal processing and statistical modeling. Furthermore, papers are solicited which demonstrate the efficacy of the methods of volume graphics towards enhanced practices or understanding of specific applications in engineering, medicine and physical and biological sciences.
The accepted papers will be published in IEEE/EG sponsored proceedings, and archived in electronic form in the Eurographics and IEEE online digital libraries. A selected number of submissions will be further considered for publication in a major journal in computer graphics and visualization. For paper preparation please refer to the detailed guidelines.
A pdf version of the call for papers is available here.
Symposium Themes
The Program Committee is seeking papers on original and unpublished research work concerning all aspects of volume graphics. Symposium Topics include (but not limited to):
| Representation of Volume Information | |
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| Stationary and time-varying data | Single and multi-valued data (i.e. scalar, vector, tensor volumes) |
| Multi-dimensional data | Hierarchical and multiresolution data |
| Uniform vs. non-uniform and flat vs. hierarchical grids | Mesh-based, mesh-less and hybrid representations |
| Interpolation schemes | Volume-based surface representations, e.g. distance and label fields |
| Acquisition and Reconstruction of Volume Data | |
| Uniform vs. non-uniform sampling schemes | Tomographic techniques, new imaging modalities |
| Procedural synthesis techniques | Interactive techniques |
| Modeling, Transformation and Analysis of Volumetric Objects | |
| Resampling, denoising | Data and noise models |
| Multi-resolution techniques | Statistical and machine learning methods (supervised and unsupervised) |
| Extraction of geometrical and topological features from volumetric data sources, e.g. iso-surfaces, shapes, skeletons, Morse-Smale complexes | Extraction of application-specific features from volumetric data sources, e.g. flow features, anatomical structures, regions-of-interests |
| Feature analysis - segmentation, tracking and correspondence | Interactive and procedural modeling of volumetric objects |
| Warping and morphing | Compression, simplification |
| Volume Rendering | |
| Local & global illumination models | Transfer functions |
| Feature emphasis and suppression | Technical aspects of non-photorealistic and illustrative techniques |
| High dynamic range volume rendering | Acceleration techniques (multi-resolution, specialized data structures, hardware) |
| Volume graphics architectures, APIs | GPU-based techniques that exploit underlying data representations |
| Volume Graphics in Applications | |
| Novel domain-specific techniques, evaluation of volume graphics methods, judgment of efficacy and demonstration of utility in application fields (as mentioned below) | Engineering: fluid flow, structural mechanics, geo-physics, material science and nano sciences |
| Medical imaging: MR, CT, PET, DTI, molecular imaging - computational anatomy | Biological imaging: microscopy - microstructure characterization |
Important Dates
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May 11, 2007 |
Electronic abstract submission deadline | |
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May 18, 2007 |
Electronic paper submission deadline (23:59 PDT) | |
| June 29, 2007 |
Author notification | |
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July 13, 2007 |
Receipt of camera-ready paper | |
| September 03 - 04, 2007 |
Symposium | |
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| For further assistance, please e-mail us at vg07 "at" swansea.ac.uk. | Last Updated: 12th of July 2007 |