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COMPUTERS &GRAPHICS PERGAMON Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) III-IX www.elsevier.com/locate/cag List of Contents NUMBER I In this issue the special topic is COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN RUSSIA Guest Editor: S.V. Klimenko Computers & Graphics Best Paper Award 1998 Computer Graphics in Russia S.V. Klimenko Guest Editor's Introduction L.M. Mestetskii Fat curves and representation of planar figures Stanislav Klimenko, Igor Nikitin, Visualization in string theory Valery Burkin, Vitaly Semenov, Oleg Tarlapan and Hans Hagen Edward A. Kopylov and Light propagation visualization as a tool for 3D scene analysis in Kirill A. Dmitriev lighting design D. Ivanov, E. Kuzmin and An efficient integer-based skeletonization algorithm S. Burtsev Victor A. Debelov and Implementation of set operations and _ intersection of Aleksandr M. Matsokin Bezier curves Valery Adzhiev, Maxim Kazakov, Hybrid system architecture for volume modeling Alexander Pasko and Viadimir Savchenko S. Zhukov and A. lones Building the navigational maps for intelligent agents Eugene Ageenko and Pasi Franti Lossless compression of large binary images in digital spatial libraries Technical Section Helena T.F. Wong and Virtual brush: a model-based synthesis of Chinese Horace H.S. Ip calligraphy M. Romera, G. Pastor, Growth in complex exponential dynamics G. Alvarez and F. Montoya Contents /Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) III-IX Chaos & Graphics G.A. Edgar 133 ‘The forest fractal puzzle Michael Frame and 143 Reverse bifurcations in a quartic family Shontel Meachem Education Rosalee Wolfe 151 Bringing the introductory computer graphics course into the 21st century Ken Brodlie, Nuha El-Khalili Using web-based computer graphics to teach surgery and Ying Li Beatriz Sousa Santos 163 An introductory course on Visualization Past/Future Issues List of 1999 Reviewers Announcements NUMBER 2 Technical Section Marc Vigo and Nuria Pla 181 Computing directional constrained Delaunay triangulations Shuming Gao, Huagen Wan 191 An approach to solid modeling in a semi-immersive virtual envi- and Qunsheng Peng ronment Walter Maurel and 203 Human shoulder modeling including scapulo-thoracic Daniel Thalmann constraint and joint sinus cones Xiaogang Jin, Youfu Li, 219 General constrained deformations based on generalized meta- and Qunsheng Peng balls Jin-Aeon Lee and Lee-Sup Kim 233 SPARP: a single pass antialiased rasterization processor D. Schlender and O.H. Peters 245 Managing levels of detail with fuzzy control Jon P. Ewins, Marcus D. Waller, 253 Implementing an anisotropic texture filter Martin White and Paul F. Lister Chaos & Graphics Sargis Dallakyan 269 A note on the visualization of multiparametric bifurcations Kevin C. Jones 271 Chaotic attractors with cyclic symmetry revisited and Clifford A. Reiter Education Lewis E. Hitchner and 283 Adapting computer graphics curricula to changes in graphics Henry A. Sowizral Contents / Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) III-IX Judith R. Brown 289 __ Enabling educational collaboration — a new shared reality Steve Cunningham 293 _Re-inventing the introductory computer graphics course: provid- ing tools for a wider audience Survey Alfredo Pina, Eva Cerezo Computer animation: from avatars to unrestricted and Francisco J. Serén autonomous actors (A survey on replication and modelling mechanisms) Past/Future Issues Announcements NUMBER 3 In this issue the special topic is DATA VISUALIZATION Guest Editors: E. Grdller, H. Hauser and W. Ribarsky Data Visualization Eduard Groller, Helwig Hauser 321 Guest Editors’ Introduction and William Ribarsky Wim de Leeuw Multi-level topology for flow visualization and Robert van Liere 1. Ari Sadarjoen and Detection, quantification, and tracking of vortices using stream- Frits H. Post line geometry Lukas Mroz, Andreas Konig Maximum intensity projection at warp speed and Eduard Groller Oliver Kreylos and Bernd Hamann Data structures for optimizing linear spline approximations Thomas Gerstner, Martin Rumpf Error indicators for multilevel visualization and computing on and Ulrich Weikard nested grids David S. Ebert, Randall M. Rohrer, Procedural shape generation for multi-dimensional data visualiz- Christopher D. Shaw, ation Pradyut Panda, James M. Kukla and D. Aaron Roberts P. Hastreiter, C. Rezk-Salama, Registration techniques for the analysis of the brain shift in C. Nimsky, C. Lurig, G. Greiner neurosurgery and T. Ertl H. Haase, M. Bock, Meteorology meets computer graphics — a look at a wide range E. Hergenrother, C. Kndpfle, of weather visualisations for diverse audiences H.-J. Koppert, F. Schroder, A. Trembilski and J. Weidenhausen Contents / Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) IIIl-1X Technical Section P. Cignoni, F. Ganovelli, 399 Reconstruction of topologically correct and adaptive trilinear C. Montani and R. Scopigno isosurfaces Satoshi Tanaka, Akio Morisaki 419 Sampling implicit surfaces based on stochastic differential equa- Satoru Nakata and tions with converging constraint Yasushi Fukuda Shiaofen Fang and 433 Hardware accelerated voxelization Hongsheng Chen Xiaobu Yuan and Xiaomin Dong Hidden-line rendering with a dynamic P-buffer Ling Li and Xiaoyan Liu Simulating human walking on special terrain: up and down slopes Chaos and Graphics Gordon R.J. Cooper Chaotic behaviour in the Carotid—Kundalini map function Asok K. Sen 471 Moiré patterns Announcements Past/Future Issues Publisher's Announcement NUMBER 4 Technical Section Stephen Wang-Cheung Lam 493 Extensions of the general polar value based control point specifi- cation method in constructing tensor product B-spline surfaces M. Sarfraz 509 A rational cubic spline for the visualization of monotonic data Huayi Wu, Jianya Gong, 517 ~~ An algebraic algorithm for point inclusion query Deren Li and Wenzhong Shi Sotoshi Tanaka, Yasushi Fukuda 523 Stochastic algorithm for detecting intersection of implicit surfa- and Hiroaki Yamamoto ces Yao-Hong Tsai and Kuo-Liang 529 _—Region-filling algorithm on bincode-based contour and its imple- Chung mentation Phillip N. Azariadis and Nikos A. 539 On using planar developments to perform texture mapping on Aspragathos arbitrarily curved surfaces Emmanuel Desmontils 555 Expressing constraint satisfaction problems in declarative modeling using natural language and fuzzy sets C.L. Li and K.C. Hui 569 Feature recognition by template matching Contents / Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) III-IX Vil Ana Elisa F. Schmidt, Marcelo 583 Combined 3D visualization of volume data and polygonal models Gattass and Paulo Cezar using a Shear-Warp algorithm P. Carvalho Chaos and Graphics G.R.J. Cooper Fractal convergence properties of geophysical inversion Alice Kelley Layering techniques in fractal art Education Mark Ollila and Eva Carling Bringing art into computer graphics education G. Scott Owen, Raj Sunderraman The development of a digital library to support the teaching of and Yanqing Zhang computer graphics and visualization Letter to the editor-in-Chief K.P. Madhu Meditations on the sutras of modern physics Announcements Past/ Future Issues Publisher's Announcement NUMBER 5 In this issue the special topic is DYNAMIC MEDICAL VISUALIZATION Guest Editors: A. Hildebrand, M-H. Kim and G. Sakas Dynamic Medical Visualization A. Hildebrand, M.H. Kim and Editorial G. Sakas Jae Jeong Choi, Byeong-Seok Efficient volumetric ray casting for isosurface rendering Shin, Yeong Gil Shin and Kevin Cleary U. Kihnapfel, H.K. Cakmak and Endoscopic surgery training using virtual reality and H. MaaB deformable tissue simulation Jianchao Zeng, John J. Bauer Modeling and mapping of prostate cancer and Seong K. Mun D. Gourlay, K.C. Lun and Virtual reality and telemedicine for home health care Guan Liya Jinah Park and Sang-il Park Strain analysis and visualization: left ventricle of a heart Jos R.T.C. Roelandt Three-dimensional echocardiography: the future today! Vill Contents / Computers & Graphics 24 (2000) Ill-1X Hans Gerd Kehl, Jurgen Jager, 731 3D heart modelling from biplane, rotational angiocardio- Nikos Papazis, graphic X-ray sequences Dimitris Dimitrelos, Josef Gehrmann, Rainer Kassenbohmer, Johannes Vogt and Georgios Sakas Johannes Behr, Soo-Mi Choi, 741 Modelling, visualization, and interaction techniques for Stefan GroBkopf, Helen Hong, diagnosis and treatment planning in cardiology Sang-Ah Nam, Yun Peng, Axel Hildebrand, Myoung-Hee Kim and Georgios Sakas Technical Section Timothy S. Newman and 755 Approaches that exploit vector-parallelism for three ren- Ning Tang dering and volume visualization techniques Yingcai Xiao and John P. Ziebarth FEM-based scattered data modeling and visualization Chaos and Graphics Bruce M. Adcock, Kevin C. Jones, 791 Iterated function systems with symmetry in the hyperbolic Clifford A. Reiter and plane Lisa M. Vislocky Michael Frame and Tatiana An infinite circle inversion limit set fractal Cogevina 805 Announcements 815 Past/Future Issues | Publisher's Announcement NUMBER 6 In this issue the special topic is CALLIGRAPHIC INTERFACES: TOWARDS A NEW GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS Guest Editors: Joaquim A. P. Jorge and Ephraim P. Glinert Calligraphic Interfaces Joaquim Jorge and 817 Guest Editors’ Introduction Ephraim P. Glinert Jennifer Mankoff, 819 OOPS: A toolkit supporting mediation techniques for re- Gregory D. Abowd and solving ambiguity in recognition-based interfaces Scott E. Hudson Contents /C omputers & Graphics 24 (1999) III-1X IX Mark D. Gross and 835 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope: a framework for Ellen Yi-Luen Do interacting with application programs by freehand drawing Oliver Bimber, 851 A multi-layered architecture for sketch-based interaction L. Miguel Encarnacgao and within virtual environments André Stork Alasdair Turner, David Chapman Sketching space and Alan Penn Technical Section M. Rivero and F.R. Feito Boolean operations on general planar polygons Jan Plath Realistic modelling of textiles using interacting particle systems Chaos and Graphics George W. Hart Reticulated geodesic constructions K.W. Chung, H.S.Y. Chan and General Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets with color sym- N. Chen metry from equivariant mappings of the modular group Education Dena Elisabeth Eber Computer graphics curricula in the visual arts Announcements Past/Future Issues Publisher's Announcement