@article {17951, title = {Salient Frame Detection for Molecular Dynamics Simulations}, journal = {Scientific Visualization: Interactions, Features, Metaphors}, volume = {2}, year = {1998}, month = {1998///}, pages = {160 - 175}, abstract = {Saliency-based analysis can be applied to time-varying 3D datasetsfor the purpose of summarization, abstraction, and motion analysis. As the sizes of time-varying datasets continue to grow, it becomes more and more difficult to comprehend vast amounts of data and information in a short period of time. Au- tomatically generated thumbnail images and previewing of time-varying datasets can help viewers explore and understand the datasets significantly faster as well as provide new insights. In this paper, we introduce a novel method for detect- ing salient frames for molecular dynamics simulations. Our method effectively detects crucial transitions in simulated mechanosensitive ion channel (MscS), in agreement with experimental data. }, author = {Kim,Y. and Patro,R. and Ip,C. Y and O{\textquoteright}Leary,D. P and Anishkin,A. and Sukharev,S. and Varshney, Amitabh} }