Title :
A multi-touch approach to control MRI scans: A user-centered study report
Author :
De Souza Alcantara, Tulio ; Bastianelli, Pierre ; Ferreira, Jennifer ; Maurer, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
This paper reports on a study investigating the usability challenges faced by users of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tools. In order to understand these problems, observation, shadowing and interviews were conducted with MRI scan users at two centers. After analyzing the collected data, low-fidelity prototypes were created and evaluated. We addressed the usability issues found by proposing a user-friendly and efficient high-fidelity prototype that replaces keyboard and mouse with two multi-touch screens.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; medical image processing; touch sensitive screens; MRI scans; keyboard; magnetic resonance imaging; mouse; multitouch approach; multitouch screens; usability challenges; usability issues; user-centered study report; Biomedical imaging; Interviews; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prototypes; Usability; GUI; MRI; UCD; interactive surfaces; multi-touch; usability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering in Health Care (SEHC), 2012 4th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1844-0
DOI :
10.1109/SEHC.2012.6227007
