We present an analytics-based framework for simultaneous visualization of
large surface data collections arising in clinical neuroimaging studies.
Termed Informatics Visualization for Neuroimaging (INVIZIAN), this framework
allows the visualization of both cortical surfaces characteristics and
feature relatedness in unison. It also uses dimension reduction methods to
derive new coordinate systems using a Jensen-Shannon divergence metric for
positioning cortical surfaces in a metric space such that the proximity in
location is proportional to neuroanatomical similarity. Feature data such as
thickness and volume are colored on the cortical surfaces and used to display
both subject-specific feature values and global trends within the population.
Additionally, a query-based framework allows the neuroscience researcher to
investigate probable correlations between neuroanatomical and subject patient
attribute values such as age and diagnosis.