Linkping University Electronic Press

Title:	Describing Abstraction in Rendered Images through Figure Captions
Authors:	Knut Hartmann, Bernhard Preim, and Thomas Strothotte
Series:	Linkping Electronic Articles in Computer and Information Science ISSN 1401-9841
Issue:	Vol. 4 (1999), No. 018
URL:	http://www.ep.liu.se/ea/cis/1999/018/

Abstract:	We analyze illustration and abstraction techniques used in rendered images. We argue that it is important to convey these techniques to viewers of such images to enhance the process of image understanding. This leads us to derive methods for automatically generating figure captions for rendered images which describe the abstraction carried out. We apply this concept to computer generated anatomic illustrations. Strategies for the content selection for figure captions, for setting user preferences and for updating figure captions are described. Several approaches to the realization of figure captions are discussed. The paper also describes a prototypical implementation.

Abstract:

We analyze illustration and abstraction techniques used in rendered images. We argue that it is important to convey these techniques to viewers of such images to enhance the process of image understanding. This leads us to derive methods for automatically generating figure captions for rendered images which describe the abstraction carried out. We apply this concept to computer generated anatomic illustrations. Strategies for the content selection for figure captions, for setting user preferences and for updating figure captions are described. Several approaches to the realization of figure captions are discussed. The paper also describes a prototypical implementation.

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