TY - GEN
T1 - Factors contributing to CT scan usability
AU - Aldoihi, Saad
AU - Hammami, Omar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Usability is essential to every functioning system, especially when the system is intertwined with people's safety and needs. Radiological diagnosis is a critical tool to identify diseases and tumors. Therefore, its usefulness is beyond question, despite its radiation risk. Many operational difficulties related to computed tomography (CT) scanning come in the form of nontechnical requirements. Hence, there is a need to examine the technical requirements that suit its context of use. This paper examines the barriers and enablers of CT scan usability within its operational context of use. In total, 11 CT scan technicians and one radiology doctor were interviewed to constitute the primary data of this paper. The study reveals that system engineering is critical to improving the current condition. The results show cases wherein the CT scan table jammed due to the weight of the patient.
AB - Usability is essential to every functioning system, especially when the system is intertwined with people's safety and needs. Radiological diagnosis is a critical tool to identify diseases and tumors. Therefore, its usefulness is beyond question, despite its radiation risk. Many operational difficulties related to computed tomography (CT) scanning come in the form of nontechnical requirements. Hence, there is a need to examine the technical requirements that suit its context of use. This paper examines the barriers and enablers of CT scan usability within its operational context of use. In total, 11 CT scan technicians and one radiology doctor were interviewed to constitute the primary data of this paper. The study reveals that system engineering is critical to improving the current condition. The results show cases wherein the CT scan table jammed due to the weight of the patient.
KW - CT scan Usability
KW - CT scan usability factors
KW - Usability
U2 - 10.1109/CIVEMSA48639.2020.9132747
DO - 10.1109/CIVEMSA48639.2020.9132747
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85089898255
T3 - CIVEMSA 2020 - IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Proceedings
BT - CIVEMSA 2020 - IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 25th Annual IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, CIVEMSA 2020
Y2 - 22 June 2020 through 24 June 2020
ER -