LASER GRAPHICS VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

该项目的主要目标是开发新的软件工具， 利用激光图形帮助临床研究人员感知 研究数据集中的重要信息。在第一阶段，第一步是 确定适用于临床的图形数据可视化技术 数据，以开发这些技术的原型实现，并 评估它们在癌症和艾滋病数据方面的效用 与哈佛大学公共卫生学院的研究人员合作。 预计该项目的主要技术创新将是 面向以下目标的探索性数据分析新技术的开发 激光打印机演示大量临床研究数据。这个 与健康相关的主要贡献有望是新一代 通过提高研究人员的能力获得临床洞察力， 在新工具的帮助下，注意到患者数据中的重要模式。 第一阶段的软件设计将成为第二阶段的基础 提议开发一个完整的原型，供直接使用和评估 几个地点的调查人员。建议的软件具有实质性的 支持临床研究和临床试验的商业呼吁 ，并有可能应用于其他涉及 对大数据集的探索性分析。

The primary objective of this project is to develop new software tools that utilize laser graphics to help the clinical investigator perceive significant information in study datasets. The first step, in Phase I, is to identify graphical data visualization techniques suitable for clinical data, to develop prototype implementations of these techniques, and to evaluate their utility in relation to cancer and AIDS data through a collaboration with investigators at the Harvard School of Public Health. The major technical innovation in this project is expected to be the development of novel exploratory data analysis techniques oriented towards laser printer presentations of large volumes of clinical study data. The major health-related contribution is hoped to be the generation of new clinical insights through the increased ability of the investigator, assisted by the new tools, to notice important patterns in patient data. The software design from Phase I will become the basis of a Phase II proposal to develop a full prototype for direct use and evaluation by investigators at several sites. The proposed software has substantial commercial appeal in support of clinical studies and clinical trials worldwide, and has potential application to other research involving the exploratory analysis of large datasets.