Visualization Techniques

Index

A

AmbientLightColor property

AmbientStrength property

arrays, storing images

aspect ratio <1> <2>

for realistic objects

properties that affect

axes

aspect ratio <1> <2>

properties that affect

camera properties

controlling the shape of

default aspect ratio

position rectangle

stretch-to-fill

ij

illustrated examples, 3-D

image <1> <2>

xy

azimuth of viewpoint

B

BackFaceLighting property

C

camera position, moving

camera properties

illustration showing

CameraPosition property

and perspective

CameraPositionMode property

CameraTarget property

CameraTargetMode property

CameraUpVector property <1> <2>

CameraUpVectorMode property

CameraViewAngle property

and perspective

CameraViewAngleMode property <1> <2>

camlookat property

CData property

CDataMapping property

color property of lights

colors

converting the data class of an indexed image

coordinate system and viewpoint

D

data types

double-precision

DataAspectRatio property

DataAspectRatioMode property

default

azimuth

CameraPosition

CameraUpVector

CameraViewAngle

elevation

diffuse reflection

DiffuseStrength property

direction cosines

double

converting double to uint8 or uint16

converting image data to double

double converting double to uint16

double converting double to uint8

E

edge effects and lighting

EdgeColor property

EdgeLighting property

edges of patches

elevation of viewpoint

erase modes

examples

changing CameraPosition

DataAspectRatio property

direction cosines

displaying real objects

PlotBoxAspectRatio property

stretch-to-fill

F

FaceColor property

FaceLighting property

Faces property

FaceVertexCData property <1> <2>

G

Gouraud lighting algorithm

graphics file formats

list of formats supported by MATLAB

graphics images

16-bit

8-bit

converting from one format to another

converting to RGB

reading from file

see also BMP, HDF, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, XWD

writing to file

see also intensity images

H

I

image types

images

information about files

numeric classes

XData and YData

see also graphics images

size and aspect ratio

storing in MATLAB

indexed images

converting the data class of

intensity images

converting the data class of

interpolated colors

indexed vs. truecolor

isosurface

illustrating flow data

J

L

lighting <1> <2>

algorithms

diffuse reflection

important properties

properties that affect

reflectance characteristics <1> <2>

specular

lighting command

M

material command

matrix

MRI data, visualizing

N

NormalMode property

O

orthographic projection

P

patch

behavior of function

interpreting color

patches

faces and edges

face coloring

interpreting color data

single polygons

specifying faces and vertices

ways to specify

perspective projection

Phong lighting algorithm

PlotBoxAspectRatio property

PlotBoxAspectRatioMode property

writing as 16-bit using imwrite

polygons, creating with patch

position rectangle

printing

Projection property

projection types <1> <2>

camera position

rendering method

R

realism, adding with lighting

realistic display of objects

reflection, specular and diffuse

RGB

converting the data class of

rotation

about viewing axis

without resizing

S

slice planes

slicing a volume

specular

SpecularColorReflectance property

SpecularExponent property

SpecularStrength property

starting points for stream plots

stream line plots

stream plots

starting points

stretch-to-fill

style property of lights

sum

T

three-dimensional objects, creating with patch

toolbar, camera

truecolor

U

uint16 arrays

operations supported on

uint16 arrays

converting uint16 to double <1> <2>

operations supported on

uint8 arrays

converting to double

converting uint8 to double

V

vectors

determined by direction cosines

vertex normals and back face lighting

VertexNormals property

Vertices property

view

azimuth of viewpoint

camera properties

coordinate system defining

elevation of viewpoint

limitation of azimuth and elevation

MATLAB's default behavior

projection types

specifying with azimuth and elevation

example of rotation

limitations using

moving camera along

viewpoint, controlling <1> <2>

visualizing

commands for volume data

steps for volume data

techniques for volume data

volume data

accessing subregions

slicing with plane

steps to visualize

techniques for visualizing

X

Z

Z-buffer

orthographic projection

perspective projection

zooming by setting camera angle

Converting the Data or Graphic Type of Images