Exploring Sonification for Augmenting Brain Scan Data

Medical image data has traditionally been analyzed using visual displays and statistical analysis methods. Visual representations are limited due to the nature of the display and the number of dimensions that can be represented visually. This paper describes the use of sonification to represent medical image data of brain scans of patients with AlzheimerÕs dementia. The use of sonification is described as an approach to augment traditional diagnosis methods used to diagnose AlzheimerÕs dementia.