• DocumentCode
    2439316
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-5 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    65
  • Lastpage
    68
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Engineering in Health Care (SEHC), 2012 4th International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Zurich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1844-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SEHC.2012.6227007
  • Filename
    6227007