This Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the visualization expert seeking advanced methods to solve a particular problem, but also the novice looking for general background information on visualization topics. The largest collection of state-of-the-art visualization research yet gathered in a single volume, this book includes articles by a who’s who of international scientific visualization researchers covering every aspect of the discipline, including:Virtual environments for visualizationBasic visualization algorithmsLarge-scale data visualizationScalar data isosurface methodsVisualization software and frameworksScalar data volume renderingPerceptual issues in visualizationVarious application topics, including information visualization.This covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization.