Welcome to the Visualization Group at the University of Magdeburg
The group was established in March 2003 and is headed by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Preim.
The Visualization group plays an active role in the Bachelor and Master programs of Computational Visualistics, Visual Computing, Medizintechnik, Medical Systems Engineering and Data and Knowledge Engineering.
We regularly offer lectures on Visualization, Visual Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, Medical Visualization, Computer-Supported Diagnosis and Treatment and Visual Analytics in Healthcare. Our research is focussed on visualization and interaction techniques for medical education, diagnosis and therapy planning, rehabilitation and epidemiology.
News
- Karl-Heinz Höhne Award 2026
Aaron Schroeder was awarded the Karl-Heinz Höhne Award 2026 for his contributions to advanced visualization of aortic dissection anatomy and blood flow, enablig clearer interpretation of complex hemodynamics for cardiovascular research and clinical applications.
- VisGroup@VCBM
VisGroup gave four presentations and a workshop at this year’s VCBM 2026, which took place from 16th to 18th September in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The workshop on Visual Storytelling for Health Communication explored how complex health-related information can be communicated through visual storytelling.
The presented works were:
Vessel-straightening-based Registration for Aortic Flow Comparison presented by Aaron Schroeder
LabTiles: A Small-Multiples Approach for Patient-Centered Blood Test Visualization presented by Monique Meuschke
Whose Story Is It? Exploring Roles and Character Representation in Narrative Medical Visualization presented by Sophie Mlitzke
RGB-Based 2.5D Gesture Interaction with Volumetric Medical Data on an Autostereoscopic Display presented by Lisa Müller
- Promotionskolloquium von Negar Chabi
Am Dienstag, den 8. September 2026, fand das Promotionskolloquium von M.Sc. Negar Chabi statt.
Im Rahmen ihres Kolloquiums präsentierte sie ihre Dissertation mit dem Titel „Self-Calibration of C-Arm Biplane Imaging Systems Using Radiopaque Markers and Elongated Interventional Devices in Neurovascular Interventions“.
Mit ihrer Arbeit beschäftigt sich Negar Chabi mit der Selbstkalibrierung von C-Arm-Biplane-Bildgebungssystemen für neurovaskuläre Interventionen.
Wir gratulieren Negar Chabi herzlich zu diesem wichtigen Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Dr.-Ing.!
- Bernhard Preim gave a talk of science communication and narrative visualization at TU Vienna
- Anna Kleinau presented at the Digital Health Symposium Magdeburg.
Anna Kleinau represented our group at the first Digital Health Symposium in Magdeburg. Organized by the Institute for Medical Data Science of the medical faculty of our university, the event offered a valuable opportunity to connect the different groups in Magdeburg working at the intersection of medicine and computer science. Anna Kleinau presented her work on the clinical decision support system Rubin, which provides an intuitive interface for using Bayesian networks in clinical practice. If you are interested in her work, a preprint is available here. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9404529/latest.pdf
- Bernhard Preim elected as Fellow of the Eurographics
The Executive Committee of Eurographics elected Bernhard Preim as fellow, appreciating his role in establishing the Eurographics VCBM symposium and the long term research of his team on medical visualization and human computer interaction: https://www.eg.org/wp/fellows/
- transSCIENCE-Präsentation vor dem BMFTR-Förderbeirat – 22./23. April 2026
Der BMFTR-Förderbeirat besuchte unsere Werkstatt transSCIENCE für zwei Tage im Wissenschaftshafen. Im Projekt transSCIENCE entwickeln wir Formate zur Förderung der Wissenschaftskommunikation, mithilfe von einem Reallabor, neuen Formen der narrativen Visualisierung und dem Transfer technologischer Innovationen. TransSCIENCE ist Teil des Verbundprojekts transPORT, das vom BMFTR gefördert wird, um den Wissenschaftshafen Magdeburg zu einem lebendigen Stadtquartier für Forschung, Arbeit und Leben weiterzuentwickeln.
Im Rahmen der Begehung präsentierten alle beteiligten Werkstätten ihre aktuellen Zwischenstände, was für uns die Gelegenheit war, unseren ersten Prototypen und unsere interdisziplinären Ansätze vorzustellen. Der Förderbeirat gab uns dabei hilfreiche Impulse für die nächsten Meilensteine mit auf den Weg. Es war also insgesamt ein guter Austausch, der uns gut für die weitere Arbeit aufgestellt hat.
- Bernhard Preim new member of the IEEE Vis Academy
At this year’s IEEE Visualization Conference in Vienna, Bernhard Preim was inducted into the IEEE Vis Academy, which describes itself as a “prestigious academy that recognizes the achievements of leading figures in the field.” Among the five new members of the IEEE Vis Academy are two professors of visualization from the University of Magdeburg: Bernhard Preim and Holger Theisel.
- VisGroup@VCBM
VisGroup gave three presentations at this year’s VCBM 2025, which took place on 2nd and 3rd October in Delft, Netherlands.
Jorik Jakober presented his work on: Design, development, and evaluation of an immersive augmented virtuality training system for transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Sophie Mlitzke presented her short paper: Interaction in Narrative Medical Visualization: Insights from a Case Study on Tumor Diseases
This paper got awarded with the Best Short Paper Honorable Mention at VCBM 2025.Monique Meuschke presented the short paper (on behalf of the first author Beatrice Budich). : Narrative medical visualization to communicate vision restoration to patients: a case study
- New Member in our VIS Group
Welcome to Luisa Flaig. Luisa comes from Hochschule Neubrandenburg. She has won numerous awards at XR hackathons and brings a unique mix of pedagogical expertise and technical skills in frontend development, graphic design, web technologies, and mixed reality. She will support teaching activities and will pursue her PhD in the field of narrative medical visualization.