Design and usability of a medical computing system for diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury

Author

Subbian, Vignesh ; Beyette, Fred R. ; Wilsey, Philip A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Syst. (SECS), Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012

Firstpage

996

Lastpage

999

Abstract

In this paper, we present a prototype design of POCTENA (Point-Of-Care Testing Environment for Neurological Assessment), a medical computing system that will be used to assist with diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury. The design includes an initial set of neurological tests that are built into the system. Component-based usability testing was conducted to examine the effectiveness of the user interface. Results from usability testing are then used to suggest possible system design revisions.

Keywords

brain; medical diagnostic computing; neurophysiology; user interfaces; POCTENA; component-based usability testing; medical computing system design; medical computing system usability; mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis; point-of-care testing environment for neurological assessment; user interface; Brain injuries; Haptic interfaces; Mice; Testing; Usability; Brain Injuries; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Humans; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4119-8

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346101

Filename

6346101