• DocumentCode
    1695557
  • Title

    Visualization of rotation fields

  • Author

    Livingston, Mark A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    494
  • Abstract
    We define a rotation field by extending the notion of a vector field to rotations. A vector field has a vector as a value at each point of its domain; a rotation field has a rotation as a value at each point of its domain. Rotation fields result from mapping the orientation error of tracking systems. We build upon previous methods for the visualization of vector fields, tensor fields and rotations at a point, to visualize a rotation field resulting from calibration of a commonly-used magnetic tracking system.
  • Keywords
    calibration; classical field theory; data visualisation; electrical engineering computing; magnetic fields; natural sciences computing; rotation; tensors; tracking; vectors; calibration; magnetic tracking system; orientation error mapping; rotation field visualization; scientific visualization; stream surfaces; streamlines; tensor fields; tufts; vector fields; Computer errors; Computer graphics; Computer science; Ellipsoids; Magnetic domains; Matrix converters; Probes; Streaming media; Tensile stress; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Visualization '97., Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-8262-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VISUAL.1997.663929
  • Filename
    663929