Flexible isosurfaces: Simplifying and displaying scalar topology using the contour tree

our tree is an abstraction of a scalar field that encodes the nesting relationships of isosurfaces. We show how to use the contour tree to represent individual contours of a scalar field, how to simplify both the contour tree and the topology of the scalar field, how to compute and store geometric properties for all possible contours in the contour tree, and how to use the simplified contour tree as an interface for exploratory visualization.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: COMGEO
• Authors: Hamish Carr, Jack Snoeyink, Michiel van de Panne
• Keywords: Applied Computing, COMGEO 2010, Contour Tree, Scalar Field, Simplified Contour Tree