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GazeDx

Comparative Gaze Analysis Framework for Volumetric Medical Images

Hyunjoo Song, Jeongjin Lee, Tae Jung Kim, Kyoung Ho Lee, Bohyoung Kim, and Jinwook Seo / 2014

GazeDx

Participants

  • Hyunjoo Song, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Jeongjin Lee, Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Tae Jung Kim, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Kyoung Ho Lee, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
  • Bohyoung Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea
  • Jinwook Seo, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Abstract

We present an interactive visual analytics framework, GazeDx (abbr. of GazeDiagnosis), for the comparative analysis of gaze data from multiple readers examining volumetric images while integrating important contextual information with the gaze data. Gaze pattern comparison is essential to understanding how radiologists examine medical images, and to identifying factors influencing the examination. Most prior work depended upon comparisons with manually juxtaposed static images of gaze tracking results. Comparative gaze analysis with volumetric images is more challenging due to the additional cognitive load on 3D perception. A recent study proposed a visualization design based on direct volume rendering (DVR) for visualizing gaze patterns in volumetric images; however, effective and comprehensive gaze pattern comparison is still challenging due to a lack of interactive visualization tools for comparative gaze analysis. We take the challenge with GazeDx while integrating crucial contextual information such as pupil size and windowing into the analysis process for more in-depth and ecologically valid findings. Among the interactive visualization components in GazeDx, a context-embedded interactive scatterplot is especially designed to help users examine abstract gaze data in diverse contexts by embedding medical imaging representations well known to radiologists in it. We present the results from two case studies with two experienced radiologists, where they compared the gaze patterns of 14 radiologists reading two patients’ volumetric CT images.

Support

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. NRF-2014R1A2A2A03006998), by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Research Fund (No. 13-2014-001), and by the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund of 2016.

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