• Similarity-based Exploded Views 

      Ruiz, Marc; Viola, Ivan; Boada, Imma; Bruckner, Stefan; Feixas, Miquel; Sbert, Mateu (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 5166, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      Exploded views are often used in illustration to overcome the problem of occlusion when depicting complex structures. In this paper, we propose a volume visualization technique inspired by exploded views that partitions ...
    • Smart Surrogate Widgets for Direct Volume Manipulation 

      Stoppel, Sergej; Bruckner, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Interaction is an essential aspect in volume visualization, yet common manipulation tools such as bounding boxes or clipping plane widgets provide rather crude tools as they neglect the complex structure of the underlying ...
    • SplitStreams: A Visual Metaphor for Evolving Hierarchies 

      Bolte, Fabian; Nourani, Mahsan; Ragan, Eric; Bruckner, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The visualization of hierarchically structured data over time is an ongoing challenge and several approaches exist trying to solve it. Techniques such as animated or juxtaposed tree visualizations are not capable of providing ...
    • Towards Advanced Interactive Visualization for Virtual Atlases 

      Smit, Noeska Natasja; Bruckner, Stefan (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      An atlas is generally defined as a bound collection of tables, charts or illustrations describing a phenomenon. In an anatomical atlas for example, a collection of representative illustrations and text describes anatomy ...
    • Trends & Opportunities in Visualization for Physiology: A Multiscale Overview 

      Garrison, Laura Ann; Kolesar, Ivan; Viola, Ivan; Hauser, Helwig; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Combining elements of biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine, the science of human physiology is complex and multifaceted. In this report, we offer a broad and multiscale perspective on key developments and challenges ...
    • Vis-a-Vis: Visual Exploration of Visualization Source Code Evolution 

      Bolte, Fabian; Bruckner, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Developing an algorithm for a visualization prototype often involves the direct comparison of different development stages and design decisions, and even minor modifications may dramatically affect the results. While ...
    • Visception: An Interactive Visual Framework for Nested Visualization Design 

      Kristiansen, Yngve Sekse; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Nesting is the embedding of charts into the marks of another chart. Related to principles such as Tufte’s rule of utilizing micro/macro readings, nested visualizations have been employed to increase information density, ...