Signa Tutor: results and future directions

Debra A. Rundle; Carolyn K. Watson; Sridhar B. Seshadri; Felix W. Wehrli

doi:10.1117/12.45294

1 July 1991 Signa Tutor: results and future directions

Debra A. Rundle, Carolyn K. Watson, Sridhar B. Seshadri, Felix W. Wehrli

Proceedings Volume 1446, Medical Imaging V: PACS Design and Evaluation; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45294
Event: Medical Imaging '91, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The authors report on the Signa Tutor, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) simulator. Their goal was to cost-effectively teach MRI scanning techniques to technologists and physicians using the simulator, off-line from the General Electric (GE) Signa scanner. They implemented the scanner's user-interface for image acquisition, using HyperCard together with an Oracle database to maintain images and scan-parameters. The software operates on a standard Apple Macintosh-II computer. Two aspects of the project are reported in this paper. First, enhancements to the Signa Tutor, including Signa 4.0 pulse sequences and new images, are presented. Second, a time and motion study that compares image acquisition learning time using Signa Tutor verses traditional technologist training on the GE-Signa console is described. In this study, an expediency test was performed which compares the speed at which an operator performs a single scan sequence on both devices.

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Debra A. Rundle, Carolyn K. Watson, Sridhar B. Seshadri, and Felix W. Wehrli "Signa Tutor: results and future directions", Proc. SPIE 1446, Medical Imaging V: PACS Design and Evaluation, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45294

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