In modern surgical environments, biosignal monitoring has become essential for tracking patient vitality, providing medical teams with streams of critical data that can mean the difference between life and death. BUT: Despite these technological advances, clinicians still struggle with complex, unintuitive analysis tools that create dangerous delays in crisis recognition and response—moments when every second counts. THEREFORE: Our interactive platform reimagines how we interact with this vital information, transforming overwhelming data streams into visual narratives that reveal the hidden "pulse" of each surgery. By enabling doctors and patients to instantly recognize crisis points and simulate interventions, we're not just visualizing data—we're revolutionizing how medical teams respond to life-threatening moments in the operating room.
Imagine standing in an operating room, alarms blaring as a patient's vital signs deteriorate. The surgeon glances anxiously at screens filled with numbers and waveforms, precious seconds ticking by as they try to interpret what's happening. This scenario plays out daily in hospitals worldwide, where despite remarkable advances in biosignal monitoring, the tools for interpreting this data remain frustratingly obtuse.
Traditional analysis software forces clinicians to climb steep learning curves, often displaying information in ways that obscure rather than illuminate critical patterns. For a new resident, this can mean paralysis in moments where decisive action is needed. For experienced surgeons, it creates unnecessary cognitive load during procedures that already demand their complete focus.
Our platform breaks this pattern by providing what medical professionals have long needed: a visual language that speaks to both intuition and expertise. By enabling comprehensive comparisons across all device tracks while offering the flexibility to isolate individual signals, we've created a tool that adapts to how humans naturally process complex information. The result isn't just better data visualization—it's faster recognition of critical patterns, more confident decision-making, and ultimately, improved patient outcomes when minutes or even seconds can determine survival.
Our dashboard not only captures the intricate rhythms of surgical procedures but also transforms this data into actionable insights. By integrating comprehensive biosignal recordings with interactive analysis tools, we enable medical professionals to visualize, compare, and simulate critical intervention scenarios in real time.
Our visualization is built upon a comprehensive dataset from a Korean hospital, capturing vital biosignals during surgical procedures. Each case contains minute-by-minute recordings of heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and other critical measurements, alongside relevant lab results. This robust dataset forms the foundation for our interactive simulations and track comparisons.
When we first analyzed thousands of surgical procedures, we discovered something unexpected—each surgery has its own unique rhythm, a visual "pulse" as distinctive as a fingerprint. Like a symphony with moments of harmony interrupted by sudden crescendos, surgical procedures flow through predictable patterns until critical turning points emerge, demanding immediate response.
We were struck by how these patterns told stories that transcended the technical details: moments of calm precision, sudden crises that tested the team's resolve, and the triumphant recoveries that followed decisive interventions. By capturing these narratives visually, our dashboard reveals not just clinical data, but the human drama unfolding beneath the numbers—stories of skill, quick thinking, and lives hanging in the balance.
For the medical student seeing these patterns for the first time, or the experienced surgeon recognizing familiar challenges, our visualization transforms abstract numbers into meaningful narratives that resonate with both professional knowledge and human intuition. This is more than data—it's the story of life preserved through medical expertise, told in a visual language anyone can understand.
How to use: Select a case using the filters above. Use the playback controls to animate the biosignal data. The overview timeline below allows you to navigate to specific points in time using the brush tool. Click on any anomaly marker (red circles) to enter the detailed Crisis Analysis view.
Building on the interactive dashboard's real-time detection of crisis points, our Crisis Analysis module elevates biosignal monitoring by transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights. It helps healthcare professionals quickly identify critical events and anomalies, ensuring that no pivotal moment goes unnoticed.
Easily compare all biosignal tracks from the same device on a single graph, or isolate a specific track for a focused simulation. This flexibility is essential for managing large datasets, revealing significant trends and anomalies that inform decision-making.
Empowering users to simulate potential interventions, our module projects how biosignals might evolve following targeted actions. This predictive capability offers a clear look at how such interventions could improve patient outcomes.
“The Crisis Analysis module not only flags pivotal crisis points within biosignals but also empowers users to simulate potential interventions, providing a predictive look at how targeted actions could alter patient outcomes.”
How to use: From the Interactive Dashboard, select a case using the filters. Use the playback controls to animate the biosignal data, and the overview timeline below to navigate to specific points using the brush tool. Click on any anomaly marker (red circles) to enter this detailed Crisis Analysis view.
In conclusion, our biosignal analysis platform revolutionizes healthcare by making complex data accessible and actionable. With its innovative crisis analysis module and interactive simulations, the tool paves the way for more proactive, informed medical decisions. By democratizing biosignal analysis, it empowers both clinicians and patients to gain critical insights quickly and easily. As we continue to enhance the platform—with upcoming features, extended documentation, and dedicated support—we invite your feedback and suggestions to help us shape the future of healthcare diagnostics.
The Surgery's Pulse dashboard visualizes real-time biosensor data from surgical procedures, allowing physicians to track vital signs, detect anomalies, and simulate interventions for better decision-making during critical moments.
Key features include:
Click on any anomaly marker or event annotation to enter the detailed crisis analysis view.
This dashboard is built using D3.js for visualization, with data processing handled through a PHP and Python backend. The system processes large datasets progressively to maintain performance while providing high-resolution visualizations.
Data sources include:
New users can quickly begin by accessing the interactive dashboard and filtering cases based on operation type, complexity, and case ID. For a step-by-step guide, please refer to the Interactive Dashboard section and the Demo Video .