Sonification Strategies for Examination of Biological Cells
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Edwards, Alistair
Hunt, Andy
Hines, Geneviève
Jackson, Vanessa
Podvoiskis, Alyte
Roseblade, Richard
Stammers, Jon
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Abstract
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of the
disease thanks to the fact that pre-cancerous changes can be
detected in cervical cells. These cells are examined visually
under microscopes, but the objective of this project was to
ascertain whether their examination could be improved if the
visual inspection were accompanied by an auditory
representation. A number of different sound mappings were
tested. This paper also traces the way the sound experiments
evolved in parallel with the underlying research on cell image
analysis. The main conclusion is that in this kind of application,
the important parameters to sonify are the ‘badness’ of the cell
and the reliability of that rating, and some likely sound
mappings to convey this information have been identified.
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2010-06
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