Visualization Methods for Data Analysis and Planning in Medical Applications

Time plays an important role in medicine, both the past and the future. The medical history of a patient represents the past, which needs to be understood by the physician to make the right decisions. The past contains two different kinds of information: measured data (such as blood pressure) and incidents (such as seizures). Planning therapies, on the other hand, requires looking into the future to a certain extent. Visual representations exist for both the past and the future, and they are very useful for getting a better understanding of data or a plan. This paper surveys visualization techniques for both data analysis and planning, and compares them based on a number of criteria.

Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, Visualization Methods for Data Analysis and Planning in Medical Applications, International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 68, no. 1–3, pp. 141–153, 2002.

@article{Kosara:IJMI:2002,
	year = 2002,
	title = {Visualization Methods for Data Analysis and Planning in Medical Applications}, 
	author = {Robert Kosara and Silvia Miksch}, 
	journal = {International Journal of Medical Informatics}, 
	volume = {68}, 
	number = {1–3}, 
	pages = {141–153}, 
	abstract = {Time plays an important role in medicine, both the past and the future. The medical history of a patient represents the past, which needs to be understood by the physician to make the right decisions. The past contains two different kinds of information: measured data (such as blood pressure) and incidents (such as seizures). Planning therapies, on the other hand, requires looking into the future to a certain extent. Visual representations exist for both the past and the future, and they are very useful for getting a better understanding of data or a plan. This paper surveys visualization techniques for both data analysis and planning, and compares them based on a number of criteria.}, 
}