Technology overview

Coagulation

Visual Clot.

Seeing clot formation.
Coagulation at a glance.

Visual Clot presents viscoelastic coagulation information through a visual model. Platelets, fibrin and other elements provide a way to explore the components of clot formation and their relationships.

Four published Visual Clot examples illustrating clot components and different coagulation states
Roche et al., JMIR Serious Games (2020), Figure 1. CC BY 4.0. Complete source figure.

Explore & Simulate

See what changes.
Try it yourself.

Explore coagulation scenarios with the clot visualization and its corresponding trace side by side.

ROTEM · TEG 6s · QuantraClotPro · MultiClot
Open Visual Clot simulator

These interactive simulators are simplified research and teaching models using simulated example data. They are intended for education and demonstration, not for use in patient care or clinical decision-making.

See it in action

The idea in motion.

Teaching videos, demonstrations and perspectives from the research.

Training

3:12 · Training

Visual Clot training · 2020

Visual Clot educational video.

3:23 · Training

Visual Clot training · 2021

Instructional video showing the functionality of Visual Clot.

2:36 · Training

Visual Clot training · 2023

Instructional Visual Clot video, also included in the supplementary material of the 2023 review.

Simulation

3:14 · Simulation

Visual Clot simulation example

Example video sequence which was analyzed.

From the publisher

Publications from our group

Visual Clot
research.

10 publications and research documents coauthored by David W. Tscholl. Journal articles, protocols and preprints are identified individually.

2024

JMIR Human Factors · Mixed qualitative-quantitative user perceptions · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

User Perceptions of Visual Clot in a High-Fidelity Simulation Study: Mixed Qualitative-Quantitative Study

Greta Gasciauskaite, Clara Castellucci, Amos Malorgio, Alexandra D Budowski, Giovanna Schweiger, Michaela Kolbe, Daniel Fries, Bastian Grande, Christoph B Nöthiger, Donat R Spahn, Tadzio R Roche, David W Tscholl, Samira Akbas

Supplementary material 3 files

2023

Journal of Medical Internet Research · Randomized controlled high-fidelity simulation · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

Coagulation Management of Critically Bleeding Patients With Viscoelastic Testing Presented as a 3D-Animated Blood Clot (The Visual Clot): Randomized Controlled High-Fidelity Simulation Study

Clara Castellucci, Amos Malorgio, Alexandra Dinah Budowski, Samira Akbas, Michaela Kolbe, Bastian Grande, Julia Braun, Christoph B Noethiger, Donat R Spahn, David Werner Tscholl, Tadzio Raoul Roche

Supplementary material 7 files

Bioengineering · Mixed qualitative-quantitative user-needs study · Journal version of record · Related reading — ROTEM user needs

User Perceptions of ROTEM-Guided Haemostatic Resuscitation: A Mixed Qualitative–Quantitative Study

Greta Gasciauskaite, Amos Malorgio, Clara Castellucci, Alexandra Budowski, Giovanna Schweiger, Michaela Kolbe, Bastian Grande, Christoph B. Noethiger, Donat R. Spahn, Tadzio R. Roche, David W. Tscholl, Samira Akbas

Supplementary material 3 files

Critical Care · Narrative review · Journal version of record · Related reading — programme review

Human-centered visualization technologies for patient monitoring are the future: a narrative review

Greta Gasciauskaite, Justyna Lunkiewicz, Tadzio R. Roche, Donat R. Spahn, Christoph B. Nöthiger, David W. Tscholl

Supplementary material 3 files

2022

Diagnostics · Multicenter comparative eye-tracking study · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

Faster Time to Treatment Decision of Viscoelastic Coagulation Test Results through Improved Perception with the Animated Visual Clot: A Multicenter Comparative Eye-Tracking Study

Clara Castellucci, Julia Braun, Sadiq Said, Tadzio Raoul Roche, Christoph B. Nöthiger, Donat R. Spahn, David W. Tscholl, Samira Akbas

Supplementary material 5 files

Diagnostics · Meta-analysis and multicenter online survey · Journal version of record · Related reading — cross-technology analysis

Improved Task Performance, Low Workload, and User-Centered Design in Medical Diagnostic Equipment Enhance Decision Confidence of Anesthesia Providers: A Meta-Analysis and a Multicenter Online Survey

Alexandra D. Budowski, Lisa Bergauer, Clara Castellucci, Julia Braun, Christoph B. Nöthiger, Donat R. Spahn, David W. Tscholl, Tadzio R. Roche

Supplementary material 3 files

2021

Journal of Medical Internet Research · Multicenter computer-based trial · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

Effects of an Animated Blood Clot Technology (Visual Clot) on the Decision-Making of Users Inexperienced in Viscoelastic Testing: Multicenter Trial

Sadiq Said, Tadzio Raoul Roche, Julia Braun, Micheal Thomas Ganter, Patrick Meybohm, Johannes Herrmann, Kai Zacharowski, Florian Jürgen Raimann, Florian Piekarski, Eva Rivas, Manuel López-Baamonde, Donat R Spahn, Christoph Beat Nöthiger, David Werner Tscholl

Supplementary material 4 files

2020

Anaesthesia · Computer-based development and comparison · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

Improving decision making through presentation of viscoelastic tests as a 3D animated blood clot: the Visual Clot

J. Rössler, P. Meybohm, D. R. Spahn, K. Zacharowski, J. Braun, C. B. Nöthiger, D. W. Tscholl

Supplementary material 2 files

JMIR Serious Games · Mixed-methods user perceptions · Journal version of record · Direct Visual Clot research

Physicians’ Perceptions of a Situation Awareness–Oriented Visualization Technology for Viscoelastic Blood Coagulation Management (Visual Clot): Mixed Methods Study

Tadzio Raoul Roche, Sadiq Said, Julian Rössler, Malgorzata Gozdzik, Patrick Meybohm, Kai Zacharowski, Donat R Spahn, Christoph B Nöthiger, David W Tscholl

Supplementary material 3 files

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Original papers and supplementary files retain their source attribution. Earlier versions of the same work are grouped with the publication.

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