Visualization of back pain data--a 3-D solution

Gheorghita Ghinea; Simon Kent; Andrew O Frank; Gurudain Singh Chana

doi:10.1109/titb.2006.889710

Visualization of back pain data--a 3-D solution

IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2007 Sep;11(5):595-7. doi: 10.1109/titb.2006.889710.

Authors

Gheorghita Ghinea¹, Simon Kent, Andrew O Frank, Gurudain Singh Chana

Affiliation

¹ School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK. george.ghinea@brunel.ac.uk

PMID: 17912977
DOI: 10.1109/titb.2006.889710

Abstract

Traditional approaches to gathering and visualizing pain data rely on two-dimensional (2-D) human body models, where different types of sensation are recorded with various monochrome symbols. We propose an alternative that uses a three-dimensional (3-D) representation of the human body, which can be marked in color to visualize and record pain data.

MeSH terms

Back Pain / classification*
Back Pain / diagnosis*
Computer Graphics
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Physical Examination / methods*
Self-Examination / methods*
User-Computer Interface*
Whole Body Imaging / methods*