TY - GEN
T1 - Interactive visualisation for surface proximity monitoring
AU - Marshall, David F.
AU - Gardner, Henry J.
AU - Thomas, Bruce H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Australian Computer Society, Inc.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We consider tasks that require users to be aware of the proximity of two 3D surfaces and where one or both of these surfaces is changing over time. We consider situations where users need to quickly and accurately assess when and where the two surfaces approach each other and eventually intersect. Because occlusion in 3D visualisations remains an issue in the perception of such data, a complete, simultaneous perception of the proximity of two such surfaces could be helpful. We propose and implement a new, interactive, visualisation technique, "Proximity Map Projection" (PMP), to provide this assistance to users and describe a user study to investigate the effectiveness of PMP in a static scenario. This study found that PMP enabled faster and more accurate identification of regions of nearest proximity and greatest protrusion. As well as affirming the potential benefits of PMP, this study motivates several areas of further investigation of the technique.
AB - We consider tasks that require users to be aware of the proximity of two 3D surfaces and where one or both of these surfaces is changing over time. We consider situations where users need to quickly and accurately assess when and where the two surfaces approach each other and eventually intersect. Because occlusion in 3D visualisations remains an issue in the perception of such data, a complete, simultaneous perception of the proximity of two such surfaces could be helpful. We propose and implement a new, interactive, visualisation technique, "Proximity Map Projection" (PMP), to provide this assistance to users and describe a user study to investigate the effectiveness of PMP in a static scenario. This study found that PMP enabled faster and more accurate identification of regions of nearest proximity and greatest protrusion. As well as affirming the potential benefits of PMP, this study motivates several areas of further investigation of the technique.
KW - Interactive visualisation
KW - Proximity Map Projection (PMP)
KW - Real-time MRI-guided thermal therapy
KW - Surface proximity perception
KW - User interfaces
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943169037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781921770449
T3 - Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series
SP - 41
EP - 50
BT - Proceedings of the 16th Australasian User Interface Conference, AUIC 2015
A2 - Blagojevic, Rachel
A2 - Marks, Stefan
PB - Australian Computer Society
T2 - Proceedings of the 16th Australasian User Interface Conference, AUIC 2015
Y2 - 27 January 2015 through 30 January 2015
ER -