title: Which Graphical Approaches should be Used to Represent Medical Knowledge?
abstract: Medical knowledge is growing both in quantity and complexity. Although sources of medical knowledge have been digitalized, the way the knowledge they contain is presented to users has not changed and is still highly text-based. However, it has been shown that this information could be presented more efficiently using graphical approaches, such as graphical languages and information visualization. We present here a survey of existing methods and applications, and discuss the potential value of these methods for medical practice. These graphical approaches have great potential for improving medical knowledge consultation, provided they are well-designed, well-evaluated and standardized for re-use.
authors.affiliation: LIM&BIO (Laboratoire d'Informatique Médicale et de BIO-informatique), University of Paris 13, Bobigny, France. jibalamy@free.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duclos
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rialle
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venot
mesh_terms: D019359:Knowledge; D007802:Language; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires