 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Laura A Garrison, Beatrice Budich, Kai Lawonn, Alexander Dockhorn, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke AI-based character generation for disease stories: a case study using epidemiological data to highlight preventable risk factors Journal Article i-com, 24 (1), pp. 259-281, 2025. Abstract | BibTeX | Links: @article{Mittenentzwei2025,
title = {AI-based character generation for disease stories: a case study using epidemiological data to highlight preventable risk factors},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Laura A Garrison and Beatrice Budich and Kai Lawonn and Alexander Dockhorn and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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abstract = {Data-driven storytelling has grown significantly, becoming prevalent in various fields, including healthcare. In medical narratives, characters are crucial for engaging audiences, making complex medical information accessible, and potentially influencing positive behavioral and lifestyle changes. However, designing characters that are both educational and relatable to effectively engage audiences is challenging. We propose a GenAI-assisted pipeline for character design in data-driven medical stories, utilizing Stable Diffusion, a deep learning text-to-image model, to transform data into visual character representations. This approach reduces the time and artistic skills required to create characters that reflect the underlying data. As a proof-of-concept, we generated and evaluated two characters in a crowd-sourced case study, assessing their authenticity to the underlying data and consistency over time. In a qualitative evaluation with four experts with knowledge in design and health communication, the characters were discussed regarding their quality and refinement opportunities. The characters effectively conveyed various aspects of the data, such as emotions, age, and body weight. However, generating multiple consistent images of the same character proved to be a significant challenge. This underscores a key issue in using generative AI for character creation: the limited control designers have over the output.},
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Data-driven storytelling has grown significantly, becoming prevalent in various fields, including healthcare. In medical narratives, characters are crucial for engaging audiences, making complex medical information accessible, and potentially influencing positive behavioral and lifestyle changes. However, designing characters that are both educational and relatable to effectively engage audiences is challenging. We propose a GenAI-assisted pipeline for character design in data-driven medical stories, utilizing Stable Diffusion, a deep learning text-to-image model, to transform data into visual character representations. This approach reduces the time and artistic skills required to create characters that reflect the underlying data. As a proof-of-concept, we generated and evaluated two characters in a crowd-sourced case study, assessing their authenticity to the underlying data and consistency over time. In a qualitative evaluation with four experts with knowledge in design and health communication, the characters were discussed regarding their quality and refinement opportunities. The characters effectively conveyed various aspects of the data, such as emotions, age, and body weight. However, generating multiple consistent images of the same character proved to be a significant challenge. This underscores a key issue in using generative AI for character creation: the limited control designers have over the output. |
 | Sophie Mlitzke, Sarah Mittenentzwei, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke Interaction in Narrative Medical Visualization: Insights from a Case Study on Tumor Diseases Inproceedings Proc. of Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2025. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mlitzke2025VCBM,
title = {Interaction in Narrative Medical Visualization: Insights from a Case Study on Tumor Diseases},
author = {Sophie Mlitzke and Sarah Mittenentzwei and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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year = {2025},
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 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Sophie Mlitzke, Beatrice Budich, Anna Kleinau, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke Visual Disease Stories: Empowering Health Literacy and Promotion Inproceedings Eurographics 2025 - Dirk Bartz Prize, The Eurographics Association, 2025. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mittenentzwei_2025_Bartz,
title = {Visual Disease Stories: Empowering Health Literacy and Promotion},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Sophie Mlitzke and Beatrice Budich and Anna Kleinau and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.2312/evm.20251972},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @article{Mittenentzwei2024c,
title = {Visually communicating pathological changes: A case study on the effectiveness of phong versus outline shading},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Sophie Mlitzke and Darija Grisanova and Kai Lawonn and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849324001584?via%3Dihub},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2024.104023},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-10-01},
journal = {Computers & Graphics 2024},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mittenentzwei2024,
title = {Leaving the Lab Setting: What We Can Learn About the Perception of Narrative Medical Visualizations from YouTube Comments},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Danish Murad and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.2312/vcbm.20241193},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-20},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mittenentzwei2024b,
title = {Why, What, and How to Communicate Health Information Visually: Reflections on the Design Process of Narrative Medical Visualization},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.2312/vcbm.20241192},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-20},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @article{Mittenentzwei_2023_CGF,
title = {Do Disease Stories need a Hero? Effects of Human Protagonists on a Narrative Visualization about Cerebral Small Vessel Disease},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Veronika Weiß and Steffi Schreiber and Laura Garrison and Stefan Bruckner and M. Pfister and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
url = {https://vis.uib.no/wp-content/papercite-data/pdfs/garrison-diseasestories.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14817},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-19},
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
volume = {42},
number = {3},
pages = {123-135},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @article{mittenentzwei2023communicating,
title = {Communicating Pathologies and Growth to a General Audience},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Sophie Mlitzke and Kai Lawonn and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
url = {https://diglib.eg.org/bitstream/handle/10.2312/vcbm20231215/075-085.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.2312/vcbm.20231215},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-01-01},
journal = {Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
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 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Sophie Mlitzke, Kai Lawonn, Bernhard Preim, Monique Meuschke Communicating Pathologies and Growth to a General Audience Inproceedings Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, pp. 75-85, The Eurographics Association, 2023. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mittenentzwei2023VCBM,
title = {Communicating Pathologies and Growth to a General Audience},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Sophie Mlitzke and Kai Lawonn and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.2312/vcbm.20231215},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-01-01},
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pages = {75-85},
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 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Laura Ann 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, 114 , pp. 229-238, 2023. BibTeX | Links: @article{Mittenentzwei2023CG,
title = {Investigating User Behavior in Slideshows and Scrollytelling as Narrative Genres in Medical Visualization},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Laura Ann Garrison and Eric Mörth and Kai Lawonn and Stefan Bruckner and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849323001061},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2023.06.011},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-01-01},
urldate = {2023-01-01},
journal = {Computers & Graphics},
volume = {114},
pages = {229-238},
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 | 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. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Kleinau_2022_VCBM,
title = {Is there a Tornado in Alex’s Blood Flow? A Case Study for Narrative Medical Visualization},
author = {Anna Kleinau and Evgenia Stupak and Eric Mörth and Laura A Garrison and Sarah Mittenentzwei and Noeska N Smit and Kai Lawonn and Stefan Bruckner and Matthias Gutberlet and Bernhard Preim and Monique Meuschke},
url = {https://www.vismd.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Paper_Kleinau_VCBM2022.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine},
journal = {Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
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 | Monique Meuschke, Laura A Garrison, Noeska N Smit, Benjamin Bach, Sarah Mittenentzwei, Veronika Weiß, Stefan Bruckner, Kai Lawonn, Bernhard Preim Narrative medical visualization to communicate disease data Journal Article Computers & Graphics, 107 , pp. 144-157, 2022. BibTeX | Links: @article{Meuschke2022_CAG,
title = {Narrative medical visualization to communicate disease data},
author = {Monique Meuschke and Laura A Garrison and Noeska N Smit and Benjamin Bach and Sarah Mittenentzwei and Veronika Weiß and Stefan Bruckner and Kai Lawonn and Bernhard Preim},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009784932200139X
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year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Computers & Graphics},
volume = {107},
pages = {144-157},
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| Ulrike Sprengel, Patrick Saalfeld, Janneck Stahl, Sarah Mittenentzwei, Moritz Drittel, Benjamin Behrendt, N. Kaneko, D. Behme, Philipp Berg, Bernhard Preim, Sylvia Saalfeld Virtual embolization for treatment support of intracranial AVMs using an interactive desktop and VR application Journal Article International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 16 , pp. 2119-2127, 2021. BibTeX | Links: @article{Sprengel_JCARS_2021,
title = {Virtual embolization for treatment support of intracranial AVMs using an interactive desktop and VR application},
author = {Ulrike Sprengel and Patrick Saalfeld and Janneck Stahl and Sarah Mittenentzwei and Moritz Drittel and Benjamin Behrendt and N. Kaneko and D. Behme and Philipp Berg and Bernhard Preim and Sylvia Saalfeld},
url = {https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11548-021-02532-9.pdf},
doi = {10.1007/s11548-021-02532-9},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-12-14},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery},
volume = {16},
pages = {2119-2127},
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 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Alessandro Sciarra, Falk Lüsebrink-Rindsland, Merita Aruci, Philipp Ulbrich, Frank Schreiber, Andreas Lemke, Monique Meuschke, Bernhard Preim, Stefanie Schreiber, Steffen Oeltze-Jafra Visual Analysis of Brain Lesion Load in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Inproceedings 56.~Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie e.hspace0.167emV., pp. 12, Clinical Neuroradiology, 2021. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Mittenentzwei_2021_neuroRAD,
title = {Visual Analysis of Brain Lesion Load in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Alessandro Sciarra and Falk Lüsebrink-Rindsland and Merita Aruci and Philipp Ulbrich and Frank Schreiber and Andreas Lemke and Monique Meuschke and Bernhard Preim and Stefanie Schreiber and Steffen Oeltze-Jafra},
url = {https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6232772/},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-021-01075-5},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-09-20},
booktitle = {56.~Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie e.hspace0.167emV.},
volume = {31},
number = {S1},
pages = {12},
publisher = {Clinical Neuroradiology},
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| Sarah Mittenentzwei Visual Analysis of Brain Lesion Load in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Masters Thesis Dept. of Computer Science, 2021. BibTeX | Links: @mastersthesis{Mittenentzwei2021,
title = {Visual Analysis of Brain Lesion Load in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei},
url = {https://www.vismd.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Master_Thesis.pdf, PDF Download},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-03-27},
school = {Dept. of Computer Science},
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 | Sarah Mittenentzwei, Oliver Beuing, Belal Neyazi, Erol I Sandalcioglu, Naomi Larsen, Bernhard Preim, Sylvia Saalfeld Definition and Extraction of 2D Shape Indices of Intracranial Aneurysm Necks for Rupture Risk Assessment Journal Article International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), pp. to appear, 2021. BibTeX | Links: @article{2021_Mittenentzwei_CARS,
title = {Definition and Extraction of 2D Shape Indices of Intracranial Aneurysm Necks for Rupture Risk Assessment},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei and Oliver Beuing and Belal Neyazi and Erol I Sandalcioglu and Naomi Larsen and Bernhard Preim and Sylvia Saalfeld},
url = {https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11548-021-02469-z.pdf},
doi = {10.1007/s11548-021-02469-z},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS)},
pages = {to appear},
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 | Ulrike Sprengel, Patrick Saalfeld, Sarah Mittenentzwei, Moritz Drittel, Belal Neyazi, Philipp Berg, Bernhard Preim, Sylvia Saalfeld Interactive Visualization of Cerebral Blood Flow for Arteriovenous Malformation Embolisation Inproceedings Proc. of Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM), pp. 36–41, 2021. BibTeX | Links: @inproceedings{Sprengel_2021_BVM,
title = {Interactive Visualization of Cerebral Blood Flow for Arteriovenous Malformation Embolisation},
author = {Ulrike Sprengel and Patrick Saalfeld and Sarah Mittenentzwei and Moritz Drittel and Belal Neyazi and Philipp Berg and Bernhard Preim and Sylvia Saalfeld},
url = {https://www.bvm-conf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/v11.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33198-6_11},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM)},
pages = {36--41},
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| Ulrike Sprengel, Moritz Drittel, Sarah Mittenentzwei Simulation of AVM Blood Flow using VFX Graphs Miscellaneous 2020, (Gruppenprojekt). BibTeX | Links: @misc{Sprengel_gp_2020,
title = {Simulation of AVM Blood Flow using VFX Graphs},
author = {Ulrike Sprengel and Moritz Drittel and Sarah Mittenentzwei},
url = {https://www.vismd.de/wp-content/uploads/legacy/sprengel_gp_2020.pdf, PDF Download},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
note = {Gruppenprojekt},
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| Sarah Mittenentzwei Detektion und Visualisierung von geometrischen und hämodynamischen Eigenschaften intrakranieller Aneurysmen im Rahmen einer Langzeitstudie Masters Thesis Dept. of Computer Science, 2019. BibTeX | Links: @mastersthesis{Mittenentzwei2019,
title = {Detektion und Visualisierung von geometrischen und hämodynamischen Eigenschaften intrakranieller Aneurysmen im Rahmen einer Langzeitstudie},
author = {Sarah Mittenentzwei},
url = {https://www.vismd.de/wp-content/uploads/legacy/mittenentzwei2019.pdf, PDF Download},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
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