The Visualization Toolkit, Third Edition [Paperback]

Will Schroeder (Author), Ken Martin (Author), Bill Lorensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

The theory and practice of visualization using the VTK Visualization Toolkit software. This textbook describes techniques for scalar, vector, and tensor field visualization, as well as texture-map based and modeling techniques. The book includes such important algorithms as color mapping, marching cubes, vector warping and coloring, polygon decimation and smoothing, streamline generation, modeling with implicit surfaces, boolean textures, hyperstreamlines, Delaunay triangulation, volume rendering and many more. Extensive descriptions of data structures and API's, and a succinct description of computer graphics for visualization are also covered. Each chapter contains complete references and exercises (the book is used in many college-level visualization and graphics courses), and algorithms are demonstrated using working VTK code (updated for VTK version 4.2 and published by Kitware).

The The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented Approach To 3D Graphics 3rd Edition textbook is 496 pages, printed in full color, and comes with the VTK 4.2 CD. The The Visualization Toolkit text is a companion text to the VTK Users's Guide. While The Visualization Toolkit stresses algorithmic and data structure details, the VTK User's Guide stresses how to install, use and program with the software.

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About the Author

WILLIAM J. SCHROEDER is co-founder of Kitware, Inc. a small business providing commercial solutions based on VTK. Dr. Schroeder's research contributions include polygonal decimation, swept surface generation, stream polygons, and visualization system design.

KENNETH M. MARTIN is co-founder of Kitware, Inc. Ken has extensive practical knowledge of Java, VRML, Tcl/Tk, C/C++ and object-oriented design. Dr. Martin's technical contributions include algorithms in computer vision and imaging, vector field visualization, and computer learning.

WILLIAM E. LORENSEN is a graphics engineer at General Electric Global Research Center. Bill is best known for the marching cubes isosurfacing algorithnm, and has contributed numerous techniques to the graphics field including boolean textures, dividing cubes, and medical segmentation algorithms. Bill is also co-author of the best-selling text Object-Oriented Modeling and Design. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Kitware Inc.; 3rd edition (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930934122
• ISBN-13: 978-1930934122
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,041,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The right book for scientific visualization beginners, April 27, 2003

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Lucas Peetz Dulley (São Paulo, SP Brasil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Visualization Toolkit: An Object Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics 3rd Edition (Hardcover)

This is the right book if you are begining with Scientific Visualization. The depth of the contents is appropriate. There are many examples using VTK, which illustrate the various topics presented across the book. This Edition is by far more complete and colorful than the last one. It's a MUST HAVE!!!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly Recommended!, February 14, 2004

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Yutaka KANO "Yutaka KANOU" (Yokohama, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Visualization Toolkit: An Object Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics 3rd Edition (Hardcover)

I bought this one because I plan to use VTK for our company's projects. Now I believe I did a right choice because of the quality of the book. It covers a lot of things that are necessary for 3D visualization. But sometimes it can successfully include a few of topics in detail. So it is not just a collection of related technologies. References are also appropriate. I really like the book!