DatAR: Comparing Relationships between Brain Regions and Diseases: An Immersive AR Tool for Neuroscientists

Ghazaleh Tanhaei, Lynda Hardman, Wolfgang Hürst

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Abstract

Different brain diseases are associated with distinct patterns of affected brain regions. Neuroscientists aim to understand the variability of these patterns across different brain diseases. We used a user-centered design approach to develop support for neuroscientists in exploring and comparing which regions are affected by which diseases based on neuroscience literature. Our study involved six neuroscientists and nine visualization experts who evaluated the usability and explainability of our visualization tool for comparing disease patterns in brain regions. Our results show that our tool can help neuroscientists explore and visualize relationships between brain regions and diseases, and compare patterns of affected regions in an immersive AR environment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIMX '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
EditorsPatrick Le Callet, Matthieu Perreira Da Silva, Toinon Vigier, Koray Tahiroğlu, Niall Murray, Giuseppe Valenzise, Mea Wang
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages373-375
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)979-8-4007-0028-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Aug 2023

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Keywords

  • augmented reality
  • exploratory search
  • information visualization and visual analytics
  • measures of user experience and performance
  • neuroscience literature search
  • virtual reality

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