Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art
Abstract
Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensiveoverview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focuson applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representationsof three-dimensional, complex, large, and time-varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy thatdemonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the fieldis currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regardingimage quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail, and reviews visualizations illustrating thedynamic aspects of molecular simulation data. The report concludes with an outlook on promising and importantresearch topics to enable further success in advancing the knowledge about interaction of molecular structures.
B. Kozlikova, M. Krone, N. Lindow, M. Falk, M. Baaden, D. Baum, I. Viola, J. Parulek, and H. Hege, "Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art," in Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) - STARs, 2015. doi:10.2312/eurovisstar.20151112
[BibTeX]
Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensiveoverview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focuson applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representationsof three-dimensional, complex, large, and time-varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy thatdemonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the fieldis currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regardingimage quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail, and reviews visualizations illustrating thedynamic aspects of molecular simulation data. The report concludes with an outlook on promising and importantresearch topics to enable further success in advancing the knowledge about interaction of molecular structures.
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author = "Kozlikova, Barbora and Krone, Michael and Lindow, Norbert and Falk, Martin and Baaden, Marc and Baum, Daniel and Viola, Ivan and Parulek, Julius and Hege, Hans-Christian",
title = "Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art",
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year = "2015",
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abstract = "Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensiveoverview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focuson applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representationsof three-dimensional, complex, large, and time-varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy thatdemonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the fieldis currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regardingimage quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail, and reviews visualizations illustrating thedynamic aspects of molecular simulation data. The report concludes with an outlook on promising and importantresearch topics to enable further success in advancing the knowledge about interaction of molecular structures.",
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