VlaaiVis is a visualisation tool originally developed for multifactorial structure activity relationship (SAR) data. Each circle represents.a single compound and each slice of the 'pie' represents a normalised response to a particular assay or property. An unlimited number of compounds may be visualised simultaneously. The tool seeks to provide a simple and rapid visualisation of single or multiple compounds during any phase of the drug discovery process. In a broader sense, it fits any kind of data for which a target preferred profile could be determined.
The tool was developed as a MicroSoft Windows application at J&J PRD in Beerse, Belgium, by Trevor Howe, Guy Mahieu and Tom Tabruyn. It is more fully described in Drug Discovery Today 12, 45-53 (2007). Since the pictorial representation is akin to a pie the name derives from the Flemish for pie, Vlaai (pronounced fly) and Vis, short for visualisation.» Learn more «