Jannes Peters is a recent successful defender of his Master’s Thesis in Interaction Design at Umea Institute of Design in Sweden, where he focused on computer interfaces for browsing and manipulating radiological images and patient information. As part of his research, some of it done in cooperation with Philips Design Healthcare, Jannes created a prototype system called Nexight that uses two interface modalities for different tasks – a multi-touch screen for browsing and 2D analysis, and a three dimensional tool for getting acquainted with volumetric data. Below are a couple videos demonstrating the components that Jannes believes provide a more natural interface to clinical data:
Here’s the multi-touch 2D interface:
And here’s the prototype 3D analysis tool:
For more and the entire thesis paper, head on to Jannes Peters’ blog…