Design the Direct X-ray Ruler, Don’t Let the Direct X-ray Ruler Design You

Sammanfattning

Quality Assurance (QA) checks are important in ensuring medical equipment func tions properly. The complex and irregular environment the checks are carried out inplaces high utility and usability demands on QA products. In this project a designconcept is developed for the next generation RaySafe DXR+, a QA tool for aligningan X-ray machine’s visual light with its radiation field. The focus of the design con cept is improving user experience and usability, specifically aimed at the Swedishmarket. A five phase iterative design process is described. The phases involve an ini tial user study, ideation and prototyping, a usability study, refinement of the designconcept and validation. A list of requirements is developed alongside the concept.The result is a detailed design concept and an extensive list of requirements. Finalevaluations indicate that the concept is a significant improvement and suits its QAtask very well. Future work includes adapting the design to decrease productioncosts and evaluate it with international users.