Medical Instrumatation

Informationen zum Autor Jack M. Winters! Ph.D.! is professor of biomedical engineering and John P. Raynor Distinguished Chair at Marquette University and director of the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation. Since receiving a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California! Berkeley and San Francisco! he has been a biomedical engineering faculty member for 20 years! twice serving as department chair. His areas of research include movement biomechanics! neurorehabilitation! telerehabilitation! and accessible medical instrumentation. Molly Follette Story! M.S.! is president of Human Spectrum Design! L.L.C. and codirector of the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation. From 1994 to 2004! she was coordinator of research at the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University and twice served as its interim executive director. She is also a Ph.D. student in ergonomics at University of California-Berkeley. Zusammenfassung Focuses on how usability and accessibility pose problems for designers and users, and how to overcome these limitations. Divided into five broad sections, this book addresses the nature and extent of the problem by identifying access barriers, human factors, and policy issues focused on the infrastructure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Background: The Problem, Existing Infrastructure, and Possible Solutions. Tools for Usability and Accessibility Analysis. Considerations in Design Guideline Development. Considerations in Emerging Trends and Technologies. Outputs of the Workshop: Key Knowledge Gaps, Barriers, Recommendations. Appendices. Glossary of Terms.

Product details

• Authors: J.h. Dshalalow
• Assisted by: J. H. Dshalalow (Editor), Molly Follette Story (Editor), Molly Follette (Human Spectrum Design Story (Editor), Story Molly Follette (Editor), Jack M. Winters (Editor), Jack M. (Marquette University Winters (Editor), Winters Jack M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2006
• EAN: 9780849371653
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-7165-3
• No. of pages: 474
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 260 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; MEDICAL / Instruments & Supplies, Medical equipment & techniques, Medical equipment and techniques