11. Data Visualisation in Healthcare

Question 1

what is the vis pipeline

Answer 1

• analysis = cleaning, preprocessing, correlations, mining
• filtering = select relevant info
• mapping = assign vis/geometric properties
• rendering = draw geometric data
• display

Question 2

what new capabilities does visual analytics provide

Answer 2

• dynamic representations
• interactive
• multimedia specific interfaces
• web-based
• vis libraries

Question 3

describe vis challenges & applications in hc

Answer 3

• unstructured data
• diverse non-uniform sources
• errors, noise, missing info
• longitudinal
• large
• vendor specific/proprietary archives &access
• standards

Question 4

what is the importance of user driven task design

Answer 4

• who is going to use it
• what do they want from it (decision/ understanding)
• simultaneous views
• levels of detail
• links to related information
• user interaction (summary, focus, highlight)