A prototype multimedia application for breast self examination training

Author

Oikonomou, A. ; Amin, S.A. ; Naguib, R.N.G. ; Todman, A. ; Al-Omishy, H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Math. & Inf. Sci., Coventry Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2623

Abstract

This paper discusses the development of a prototype multimedia application for training women to perform Breast Self Examination (BSE) correctly. The paper presents the main differences between the BSE multimedia application and the other, traditional training approaches currently in use by the UK National Health Service (NHS) at the moment. The benefits of using multimedia in biomedical training and education are discussed. An overview of the applications structure and design is presented along with the evaluation criteria for the applications effectiveness.

Keywords

biological organs; biomedical education; cancer; gynaecology; multimedia systems; training; UK National Health Service; biomedical training; breast cancer; breast self examination training; multimedia application; noninvasive method; Application software; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Diseases; Hospitals; Monitoring; Navigation; Prototypes; User interfaces; Videos;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053459

Filename

1053459