Advanced Problems: Biomedical Visualization

Catalog description

This course entails developing skills and knowledge necessary for effective visual communication of complex biomedical concepts and subject matter. The focus will be on developing conceptual visual story telling skills. Students will learn to take complex information presented by specific biomedical subject matter and selectively simplify it to solve visual communication problems effectively for the target audience. Students will work exclusively in digital media to develop competence and efficiency in the rendering methodologies and learn the conventions of modern production. The course is needed for the instruction of advanced techniques and concepts in biomedical visualization. The course contains specific projects which reflect the demands of industry specialization and career training expectations. Specific visualization problems in: medical/legal, veterinary, pharmaceutical, molecular, editorial, textbook, journal visualizations and required in the course.