In this thesis, an
improved method of visualization of blood flow in arteries was designed,
implemented and tested with several Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation
data sets. An interactive,
graphical user interface was added, enabling user to visualize the blood flow
velocity, magnitude and direction on a user selected cutting plane.
With this tool users can maneuver through critical data sets, make
further selections, probe for blood velocity changes, make visual comparisons of
multiple data sets, and obtain a deeper understanding of flow phenomena for
blood in arteries.
Another function of
the interactive user interface was developed and incorporated into the
visualization tool. With this interface the user can interactively select a
fraction of the data to display and, thereby, obtain better rendering
performance.