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.

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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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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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2023

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, 2023.

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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), 2023.

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Investigating user behavior in slideshows and scrollytelling as narrative genres in medical visualization

Sarah Mittenentzwei, Laura A. Garrison, Eric Mörth, Kai Lawonn, Stefan Bruckner, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke

Investigating user behavior in slideshows and scrollytelling as narrative genres in medical visualization Journal Article

Computers & Graphics, 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

A Kleinau, E Stupak, E Mörth, L A Garrison, S Mittenentzwei, N N Smit, K Lawonn, S Bruckner, M Gutberlet, B Preim1, M Meuschke

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

2022.

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