A usability evaluation of medical software at an expert conference setting

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 383-395

  Bond, Raymond Robert ^a   Finlay, Dewar D ^a   Nugent, Chris D ^a   Moore, George ^a   Guldenring, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECG; HCI; Interaction design; Interfaces; Medical software; Usability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE MISPLACEMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INTERACTION DESIGN; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; MEDICAL SOFTWARE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; USABILITY;

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERRORS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LABORATORIES; RATING; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURVEYS; TESTING; TOOLS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; VIDEO RECORDING;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; VIDEORECORDING;

ECG; HCI; INTERACTION DESIGN; INTERFACES; MEDICAL SOFTWARE; USABILITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84887820005     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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