User controlled overviews of an image library: A case study of the Visible
Human
User controlled overviews of an image library: A case study of the Visible
Human
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1998-10-15
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North, Chris
Shneiderman, Ben
Plaisant, Catherine
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Abstract
This paper proposes a user interface for remote access of the National
Library of Medicines Visible Human digital image library. Users can
visualize the library, browse contents, locate data of interest, and
retrieve desired images. The interface pr esents a pair of tightly
coupled views into the library data. The overview image provides a global
view of the overall search space, and the preview image provides details
about high resolution images available for retrieval. To explore, the
user sweeps the views through the search space and receives smooth, rapid,
visual feedback of contents. Desired images are automatically downloaded
over the internet from the library. Library contents are indexed by
meta-data consisting of automatically generated miniature visuals. The
interface software is completely functional and freely available for
public use, at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/.
(Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-798)
(Also cross-referenced as ISR-TR-95-99)