Comparison Of A Digital Workstation And A Film Alternator

Kevin M. McNeill; George W. Seeley; Kris Maloney; Laurie Fajardo; Mark Kozik

doi:10.1117/12.968731

27 June 1988 Comparison Of A Digital Workstation And A Film Alternator

Kevin M. McNeill, George W. Seeley, Kris Maloney, Laurie Fajardo, Mark Kozik

Proceedings Volume 0914, Medical Imaging II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968731
Event: Medical Imaging II, 1988, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

In the Department of Radiology at the University of Arizona investigation of the interaction of Radiologists with digital workstations is conducted by the User Interface Study Group. Using the Arizona Viewing Console we have conducted an experiment to compare one digital workstation with reading done at a film alternator (also known as a rotator). A model consisting of distinct phases of activity was developed to describe alternator reading process. From this model software was developed for the Arizona Viewing Console to approximate the process. Radiologists were then video taped reading similar sets of cases at each workstation and the tapes were analyzed for frequency of hand movements and time required for each phase of the process. The information gathered provides a comparison between alternator reading and reading at a digital workstation. This paper describes the reading process, the model and its approximation on the digital workstation, as well as the analysis of the video tapes.

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Kevin M. McNeill, George W. Seeley, Kris Maloney, Laurie Fajardo, and Mark Kozik "Comparison Of A Digital Workstation And A Film Alternator", Proc. SPIE 0914, Medical Imaging II, (27 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968731

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