Multi-signal Visualization of Physiology (MVP): A novel visualization dashboard for physiological monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury patients

To prevent Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients from secondary brain injuries, patients´ physiological readings are continuously monitored. However, the visualization dashboards of most existing monitoring devices cannot effectively present all physiological information of TBI patients and are also ineffective in facilitating neuro-clinicians for fast and accurate diagnosis. To address these shortcomings, we proposed a new visualization dashboard, namely the Multi-signal Visualization of Physiology (MVP). MVP makes use of multi-signal polygram to collate various physiological signals, and it also utilizes colors and the concept of “safe/danger zones” to assist neuro-clinicians to achieve fast and accurate diagnosis. Moreover, MVP allows neuro-clinicians to review historical physiological statuses of TBI patients, which can guide and optimize clinicians´ diagnosis and prognosis decisions. The performance of MVP is tested and justified with an actual Philips monitoring device.