Accessibility of radiology equipment for patients with mobility disabilities

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 801-810

  Story, Molly Follette ^a,b   Luce, Adam C ^a   Leung, Alexander ^a   Omiatek, Elizabeth M ^c   Lemke, Melissa R ^d   Rempel, David M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Human Spectrum Design   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^e University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING AIDS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CT SCANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGNS; FIELD STUDIES; MEDICAL PERSONNELS; PHYSICAL DEMANDS; SAFETY BARRIERS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WALKING AID; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 57749192653     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X354174     Document Type: Article

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