Laboratory Test Data Visualization With Concentric Annular Regions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laboratory test reports are often confusing for patients seeking to understand their own test results, necessitating improved methods for visually presenting multi-dimensional data sets.
Innovation Solution
A method for dynamically calculating and displaying multi-dimensional data sets on an electronic display using concentric annular regions, where each region corresponds to a data dimension, with segments aligned based on data point associations, allowing interactive presentation of complex relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional laboratory test reports are used, then complete test data can be provided, but the information becomes confusing and difficult for patients to understand
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments multi-dimensional laboratory test data into hierarchical dimensions (e.g., test categories, individual tests, results, reference ranges). Each dimension is visually separated into distinct graphical elements that can be independently explored, allowing patients to understand complete test data without being overwhelmed by presenting it as a single complex table.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms traditional two-dimensional tabular test results into a multi-dimensional visual representation where data points are arranged in hierarchical dimensions. This dimensional transformation allows patients to navigate and understand complex test data through visual spatial relationships rather than dense numerical tables, improving comprehensibility while maintaining data completeness.
2Quantity of substance
If detailed laboratory test data is presented in traditional formats, then all test results are provided, but the presentation becomes numerically complex and confusing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color coding to represent different dimensions and data point states in the hierarchical structure. Each dimension and data point can be visually distinguished through color variations, allowing patients to process large quantities of test data through visual patterns rather than interpreting complex numerical relationships, thereby reducing perceived complexity while maintaining data quantity.
3Loss of information
If multi-dimensional data relationships are fully displayed, then complete hierarchical relationships are shown, but the visual presentation becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested hierarchical structure where data points are organized in concentric dimensions similar to nested dolls. Each dimension contains data points that are visually nested within the broader dimensional context, allowing complete hierarchical relationships to be displayed in a structured, scalable manner that maintains visual simplicity while preserving the full complexity of data relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a dynamic visual presentation where the hierarchical data structure can be interactively explored. Patients can navigate through dimensions and data points in a controlled sequence, revealing relationships progressively rather than all at once. This dynamic approach maintains completeness of hierarchical information while managing visual complexity through progressive disclosure and interactive navigation.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer systems and methods may display multi-dimensional data sets in a dynamically-generated ocular view, which may show the relationship between data points in the different dimensions. For example, such a data set may include in one dimension results of one or more laboratory tests and, in another dimension, body systems or functions that the respective tests may relate to. The ocular view may depict the relationships between the tests and the systems. By being generated dynamically, moreover, the ocular view may be able to present this information for arbitrary sets of test results, without a template having been generated in advance to specify the layout of some particular combination of results.