Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, provides a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that advance the field. The largest collection of country-study-the-art visualization has not been collected in one volume, this book includes articles by a "who" of international scientific visualization researchers covering every aspect of disciplines, including: Virtual environments for visualization Basic visualization algorithms Large-scale data visualization Scalar data Isosurface method Visualization software and frameworks Scalar data volume rendering The problem of perception in visualization Various application topics, including information visualization.