From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine
Abstract Data visuals (scientific images) display and express various amounts and types of information, and, as the saying goes,“an image is worth 1,000 words.” Based on a review of two studies, a new estimation of how many words an image is actually worth was calculated in an attempt to quantify th...
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doaj-5b64a4fa45204d26ba60fea4146d34bb2020-11-25T03:09:18ZengBMCBig Data Analytics2058-63452020-07-01511710.1186/s41044-020-00047-zFrom ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicineMohamed Elgendi0Newton Howard1Amir Hussain2Carlo Menon3Rabab Ward4School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British ColumbiaNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of OxfordData Science and Cyber Analytics Research Group, Edinburgh Napier UniversitySchool of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser UniversitySchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British ColumbiaAbstract Data visuals (scientific images) display and express various amounts and types of information, and, as the saying goes,“an image is worth 1,000 words.” Based on a review of two studies, a new estimation of how many words an image is actually worth was calculated in an attempt to quantify the complicated biological process of image perception. The result revealed that an image is actually worth more than 30,000 words. This new value estimation provides insight into the power of images. Given that figures, graphs, and data visualizations are types of images commonly used in research and publications, every produced figure is important and must be carefully considered during the publication process.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41044-020-00047-zVisual communicationInformation graphicsDescriptive figuresVisual perceptionKnowledge translation |
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Mohamed Elgendi Newton Howard Amir Hussain Carlo Menon Rabab Ward From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine Big Data Analytics Visual communication Information graphics Descriptive figures Visual perception Knowledge translation |
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From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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From ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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from ancient times to modern: realizing the power of data visualization in healthcare and medicine |
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Big Data Analytics |
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2058-6345 |
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Abstract Data visuals (scientific images) display and express various amounts and types of information, and, as the saying goes,“an image is worth 1,000 words.” Based on a review of two studies, a new estimation of how many words an image is actually worth was calculated in an attempt to quantify the complicated biological process of image perception. The result revealed that an image is actually worth more than 30,000 words. This new value estimation provides insight into the power of images. Given that figures, graphs, and data visualizations are types of images commonly used in research and publications, every produced figure is important and must be carefully considered during the publication process. |
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Visual communication Information graphics Descriptive figures Visual perception Knowledge translation |
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