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{{Short description|Method for visualizing vector fields}}
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[[File:Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud ESA393163.png|thumb|right|The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the nearest galaxies to our Milky Way. This image was created with LIC]]
In [[scientific visualization]], '''line integral convolution''' ('''LIC''') is a method to visualize a [[vector field]], such as [[fluid motion]].
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==History==
LIC technique was proposed by Brian Cabral and Leith Casey Leedom.<ref name="Cabral 1993">{{cite conference | first1 = Brian | last1 = Cabral | first2 = Leith Casey | last2 = Leedom | title = Imaging Vector Fields Using Line Integral Convolution | citeseerx = 10.1.1.115.1636 | book-title = Proceedings of the 20th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques | conference = SIGGRAPH '93 | date = August 2–6, 1993 | ___location = Anaheim, California | pages = 263–270 | doi =10.1145/166117.166151 | isbn = 0-89791-601-8}}</ref>
== Algorithm ==
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=== Informal description ===
Principle
Intuition:
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