title: Multi-dimensional visualisation of laboratory findings and functional test results for analysing the clinical course of disease in medicine.
abstract: The illustration of a patient's history by a graphical primitive is discussed. Illustration technology is presented which simultaneously represents quantitative examination findings (e.g., laboratory values) and qualitative findings (e.g., from function diagnostics) by a single geometrical figure. Depending on the medical results, this figure takes on characteristic forms which can be identified as patterns typical for a specific disease. The procedure developed is integrated in a user interface which is implemented in the form of a computerized medical record for use on a pentop computer. This portable computer assists the physician during ward rounds, supplies additional, intelligence-based information, serves quality control, and streamlines working procedures making them more efficient.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie der Städtischen Kliniken Offenbach/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Giere
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lüdecke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jonas
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003626:Data Display; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008838:Microcomputers; D014584:User-Computer Interface