Accessible microscopy workstation for students and scientists with mobility impairments
Accessible microscopy workstation for students and scientists with mobility impairments
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DOI：
10.1080/10400435.2006.10131905
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Duerstock, BS
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作者：
Duerstock, BS
设计和开发了一个综合无障碍显微镜工作站，使行动不便的人能够在最少的人力协助下控制光学显微镜的各个方面。这个系统，命名为ESCOM，是能够执行明场和荧光显微镜，图像分析，组织形态测量学所需的本科科学课程，研究生水平的研究。无障碍显微镜对于行动不便的学生和科学家来说是必要的，以便能够独立使用显微镜，更好地理解显微成像概念和细胞生物学。通过简单地查看组织学图像目录，这种知识并不总是显而易见的。独立操作显微镜的能力消除了雇用助手或依靠同学的需要，并允许自己进行实际的实验室检查。独立的显微镜操作对于研究生和残疾科学家进行科学研究也至关重要。通过使个人计算机作为用于控制内窥镜功能的用户界面，可以通过使用各种计算机输入设备和辅助技术软件来适应不同的上肢移动障碍。参与者与一系列上肢活动障碍评估原型显微镜工作站。他们能够控制所有显微镜功能，包括在没有帮助的情况下加载不同的载玻片。
An integrated accessible microscopy workstation was designed and developed to allow persons with mobility impairments to control all aspects of light microscopy with minimal human assistance. This system, named AccessScope, is capable of performing brightfield and fluorescence microscopy, image analysis, and tissue morphometry requisite for undergraduate science courses to graduate-level research. An accessible microscope is necessary for students and scientists with mobility impairments to be able to use a microscope independently to better understand microscopical imaging concepts and cell biology. This knowledge is not always apparent by simply viewing a catalog of histological images. The ability to operate a microscope independently eliminates the need to hire an assistant or rely on a classmate and permits one to take practical laboratory examinations by oneself. Independent microscope handling is also crucial for graduate students and scientists with disabilities to perform scientific research. By making a personal computer as the user interface for controlling AccessScope functions, different upper limb mobility impairments could be accommodated by using various computer input devices and assistive technology software. Participants with a range of upper limb mobility impairments evaluated the prototype microscopy workstation. They were able to control all microscopy functions including loading different slides without assistance.