Visualization Technology
for Situation Awareness

Making the
complex visible.

Visualization Technology Research Group

We explore how visual information can make patient monitoring more intuitive, with a shared focus on clinical understanding.

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Selected technologies & research

A selection of our visualization technologies and the studies behind them.

From the group

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The two plush characters by Lake Lugano.
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Conferences

Back in Lugano

SACSI, situation awareness and a train with a fitting name.

Cute design in avatars: Visual Patient Avatar alongside Muse, Dots and Grok Bot.
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Human factors

Why Cute Avatars Connect

A reflection on approachable avatar designs and the emotional connection they can create.

The team with the Visual Patient Avatar during the Philips visit.
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Collaboration

Exploring the Avatar’s Next Sister

An inspiring day with the Philips team discussing what might one day become a sister to the Visual Patient Avatar.

The people behind
the research.

David Tscholl, Alina Dubatovka and Joachim Buhmann at ETH Zurich
A research exchange at ETH Zurich, May 2024. Photo: David Tscholl.

Clinicians, researchers and developers contribute across projects and over time.

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