Title :
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
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053459
