title: 3D++ Visualisation of MEBN Graphs and Screen Representations of Patient Models (PIXIE II).
abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate modelling- and visualisation methods and tools for transparent, reproducible and comprehensible information management of patient probabilistic graphical models such as Multi-Entity Bayesian Networks (MEBN). In therapy planning environments, models provide the knowledge base to assist physicians in their decision making process and are typically at the heart of a networked information system. The topic of user interface design (UID) and specifically GUIs needs to be addressed in this context in a very creative manner, if the aim is to make complex models easier for the user to understand and to manage. As a basis for preparing a demonstration to show a proof of concept for the visualisation of MEBNs, the visualization tool called "ANTz" is being proposed here and used as the preferred visualisation tool.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Heinz U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.affiliation: Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery-ICCAS, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cypko
authors.affiliation: MindTel, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.affiliation: New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berliner
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016544:Patient Simulation; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface