PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Surgeons usually have to keep track of many variables during a surgical intervention. This paper introduces three novel sonification approaches for fluid-related process data monitoring in the highly sensitive surgical context. From the instantaneous fluid (creation or expenditure) rate, a number of feature time series has been computed, including the cumulative fluid volume or filtered signals, which are in turn used for a set of sonification methods that structure a composed soundscape, either natural, musical or hybrid in real-time. We present 3 variations of 3 approaches with introductory example videos, each followed by results of a first user study in search of the preferred/most acceptable auditory representations. The qualitative evaluation of our method shows the potentials for further research in this field.