Narrative Visualization

Medical visualization research has focused primarily on assisting physicians in diagnosis and treatment and, to a lesser extent, medical students, particularly in anatomy classes. However, medical data and research are also of interest to non-experts who lack detailed medical knowledge. They may be interested in links between lifestyle and disease, in understanding disease, and in (new) treatment options. Non-expert audiences require different design and narrative choices to create a clear, accessible, and understandable message. Interactive medical visualization aimed at this type of audience requires easier-to-understand displays than expert systems such as radiology workstations. Narrative visualization combines storytelling techniques with interactive graphics to communicate scientific results to a general audience.

Narrative Visualization Meeting
Narrative Medical Visualization Website

A short summarization of our current field of research:

  • Adapting and extending of existent techniques for medical visualization for a target audience of laypeople
  • Evaluation of narrative medical visualization

Publications

2024

Visually communicating pathological changes: A case study on the effectiveness of phong versus outline shading

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Sophie Mlitzke, Darija Grisanova, Kai Lawonn, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Visually communicating pathological changes: A case study on the effectiveness of phong versus outline shading Journal Article

Computers & Graphics 2024, 2024.

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Leaving the Lab Setting: What We Can Learn About the Perception of Narrative Medical Visualizations from YouTube Comments

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Danish Murad, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Leaving the Lab Setting: What We Can Learn About the Perception of Narrative Medical Visualizations from YouTube Comments Inproceedings

Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2024, 2024.

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Why, What, and How to Communicate Health Information Visually: Reflections on the Design Process of Narrative Medical Visualization

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Why, What, and How to Communicate Health Information Visually: Reflections on the Design Process of Narrative Medical Visualization Inproceedings

Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2024, 2024.

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Virtual Tales: Narrative Virtual Reality for Patient Education

Theresa Maienschein, Mareen Allgaier, Florentine Huettl, Tobias Huber, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Virtual Tales: Narrative Virtual Reality for Patient Education Inproceedings

Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2024.

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Raccoon: Supporting Risk Communicators in Visualizing Health Data for the Public

Anna Kleinau, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Raccoon: Supporting Risk Communicators in Visualizing Health Data for the Public Inproceedings

Vision, Modeling, and Visualization, The Eurographics Association, 2024, ISBN: 978-3-03868-247-9.

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A Survey of Medical Visualization through the Lens of Metaphors

Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke, Veronika Weiß

A Survey of Medical Visualization through the Lens of Metaphors Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 30 (10), 2024.

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2023

Narrative Visualisierung in der Medizin

Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Narrative Visualisierung in der Medizin Journal Article

IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft, 38, 19. Jg., (2) , pp. 94-112, 2023, ISBN: 1614-0885.

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A Characterization of Interactive Visual Data Stories With a Spatio-Temporal Context

Benedikt Mayer, Nastasja Steinhauer, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

A Characterization of Interactive Visual Data Stories With a Spatio-Temporal Context Journal Article

Computer Graphics Forum, n/a (n/a), pp. e14922, 2023.

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Do Disease Stories need a Hero? Effects of Human Protagonists on a Narrative Visualization about Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Veronika Weiß, Steffi Schreiber, Laura Garrison, Stefan Bruckner, M. Pfister, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Do Disease Stories need a Hero? Effects of Human Protagonists on a Narrative Visualization about Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Journal Article

Computer Graphics Forum, 42 (3), pp. 123-135, 2023.

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Communicating Pathologies and Growth to a General Audience

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Sophie Mlitzke, Kai Lawonn, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Communicating Pathologies and Growth to a General Audience Journal Article

Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2023.

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2022

Is there a Tornado in Alex’s Blood Flow? A Case Study for Narrative Medical Visualization

Anna Kleinau, Evgenia Stupak, Eric Mörth, Laura A Garrison, Sarah Mittenentzwei, Noeska N Smit, Kai Lawonn, Stefan Bruckner, Matthias Gutberlet, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Is there a Tornado in Alex’s Blood Flow? A Case Study for Narrative Medical Visualization Inproceedings

Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, The Eurographics Association, 2022.

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