The Thorny Complexities of Visualization Research for Clinical Settings: A Case Study from Genomics

Overview

Journal Front Bioinform

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Apr 17

PMID 37063648

Authors

Emilia Stahlbom

Jesper Molin

Anders Ynnerman

Claes Lundstrom

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Abstract

In this perspective article we discuss a certain type of research on visualization for bioinformatics data, namely, methods targeting clinical use. We argue that in this subarea additional complex challenges come into play, particularly so in genomics. We here describe four such challenge areas, elicited from a domain characterization effort in clinical genomics. We also list opportunities for visualization research to address clinical challenges in genomics that were uncovered in the case study. The findings are shown to have parallels with experiences from the diagnostic imaging domain.

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