A spatial data cube concept to support data analysis in environmental epidemiology

Author

Kamp, V. ; Sitzmann, L. ; Wiete, F.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Inf., Oldenburg Univ., Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug 1997

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

103

Abstract

The project CARLOS (Cancer Registry Lower-Saxony) developed the Epidemiological and Statistical Data Exploration System (CARESS) to support multidimensional analysis of health data. The system is based on an architecture that focuses on extensive interoperability between a database management system and several analysis and visualisation tools. As spatial and statistical aspects of the data play an important role, CARESS provides special support for the integration of both

Keywords

data visualisation; health care; medical information systems; statistical analysis; visual databases; CARLOS; Cancer Registry Lower-Saxony; Epidemiological and Statistical Data Exploration System; data analysis; database management system; environmental epidemiology; health data; interoperability; multidimensional analysis; spatial data cube concept; visualisation tools; Cancer detection; Computer architecture; Data analysis; Database systems; Multidimensional systems; Power generation; Risk analysis; User interfaces; Visual databases; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 1997. Proceedings., Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Olympia, WA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7952-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSDM.1997.621161

Filename

621161