• Considering Best Practices in Color Palettes for Molecular Visualizations 

      Garrison, Laura Ann; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Biomedical illustration and visualization techniques provide a window into complex molecular worlds that are difficult to capture through experimental means alone. Biomedical illustrators frequently employ color to help ...
    • DimLift: Interactive Hierarchical Data Exploration through Dimensional Bundling 

      Garrison, Laura Ann; Müller, Juliane; Schreiber, Stefanie; Oeltze-Jafra, Steffen; Hauser, Helwig; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The identification of interesting patterns and relationships is essential to exploratory data analysis. This becomes increasingly difficult in high dimensional datasets. While dimensionality reduction techniques can be ...
    • Do Disease Stories Need a Hero? Effects of Human Protagonists on a Narrative Visualization about Cerebral Small Vessel Disease 

      Mittenentzwei, S.; Weiß, V.; Schreiber, S.; Garrison, Laura Ann; Bruckner, Stefan; Pfister, M.; Preim, B.; Meuschke, M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Authors use various media formats to convey disease information to a broad audience, from articles and videos to interviews or documentaries. These media often include human characters, such as patients or treating physicians, ...
    • Is there a Tornado in Alex's Blood Flow? A Case Study for Narrative Medical Visualization 

      Stupak, Evgenia; Kleinau, Anna; Mörth, Eric; Garrison, Laura Ann; Mittenentzwei, Sarah; Smit, Noeska Natasja; Lawonn, Kai; Bruckner, Stefan; Gutberlet, Matthias; Preim, Bernhard; Meuschke, Monique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Narrative visualization advantageously combines storytelling with new media formats and techniques, like interactivity, to create improved learning experiences. In medicine, it has the potential to improve patient understanding ...
    • Narrative Medical Visualization to Communicate Disease Data 

      Meuschke, Monique; Garrison, Laura Ann; Smit, Noeska Natasja; Bach, Benjamin; Mittentzwei, Sarah; Weiß, Veronika; Bruckner, Stefan; Lawonn, Kai; Preim, Bernhard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This paper explores narrative techniques combined with medical visualizations to tell data-driven stories about diseases for a general audience. The field of medical illustration uses narrative visualization through ...
    • Semantic Snapping for Guided Multi-View Visualization Design 

      Kristiansen, Yngve Sekse; Garrison, Laura Ann; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Visual information displays are typically composed of multiple visualizations that are used to facilitate an understanding of the underlying data. A common example are dashboards, which are frequently used in domains such ...
    • Trends & Opportunities in Visualization for Physiology: A Multiscale Overview 

      Garrison, Laura Ann; Kolesar, Ivan; Viola, Ivan; Hauser, Helwig; Bruckner, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Combining elements of biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine, the science of human physiology is complex and multifaceted. In this report, we offer a broad and multiscale perspective on key developments and challenges ...