IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics

10 – 11 August, 2008 (co-located with SIGGRAPH 2008)

Los Angeles, CA, USA

CALL FOR PAPERS

Volume graphics deals with the analysis, synthesis and presentation of volumetric phenomena, 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Research papers are solicited that present original, unpublished results concerning all aspects of volume graphics.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 in enhancing practices or understanding of specific applications.

The accepted papers will be published by Eurographics Publishing in cooperation with VGTC Publishing. A selected number of the best papers will be further invited to submit an extended version to the IEEE Transactions of Visualization and Computer Graphics. For paper preparation please refer to the detailed guidelines.

VG'08 and PBG'08 will organize a joint track on 'Sample-Based Graphics" to evaluate this as the umbrella topic under which the two symposia will proceed jointly in the future.

A pdf version of the call for papers is available here.

Symposium Themes

The Program Committee is seeking papers on original, unpublished research work concerning all aspects of volume graphics. Symposium Topics include (but are not limited to):

Representation of Volume Information

stationary and time-varying data single- and multi-valued data multi-dimensional data hierarchical and multiresolution data	uniform vs. non-uniform, flat vs. hierarchical grids mesh-based, mesh-less and hybrid representations interpolation schemes volume-based surface representations

Acquisition and Reconstruction of Volume Data
uniform vs. non-uniform sampling schemes procedural synthesis techniques	tomographic techniques, new imaging modalities interactive techniques

Modeling and Transformation of Volumetric Objects
resampling, denoising interactive and procedural modeling warping and morphing	compression and simplification multiresolution techniques

Analysis of Volumetric Objects
extraction of geometrical and topological features, e.g. isosurfaces, shapes, skeletons, Morse-Smale complexes statistical and machine learning methods	extraction of application-specific features, e.g. flow features, anatomical structures, ROIs feature analysis – segmentation, correspondences and tracking of features

Volume Rendering
local and global illumination models transfer functions feature emphasis and suppression 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

Volume Graphics in Applications
novel domain-specific techniques and evaluation of volume graphics methods, judgment of efficacy and demonstration of utility in application fields (as mentioned afterwards) fluid flow, structural mechanics, geophysics enviromental sciences, natural phenomena material- and nano-sciences	biomedical imaging: MR, CT, PET, DTI, molecular imaging, microscopy, microstructure characterization; computational anatomy volume rendering for computer games and SFX volumetric video compression 3D video

Important Dates

May 02, 2008		Abstract submission deadline
May 09, 2008		Paper submission deadline
June 13, 2008		Author notification
July 07, 2008		Final paper submission deadline
August 10 – 11, 2008		Symposium
		All deadlines are at 24:00 Pacific Day Time

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Last update: 9^th of July 2008