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. 2012 Jun 28;9(7):666-70.
doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2073.

A call for bioimaging software usability

Anne E Carpenter  1 , Lee Kamentsky, Kevin W Eliceiri
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A call for bioimaging software usability

Anne E Carpenter et al. Nat Methods. .

Abstract

Bioimaging software developed in a research setting often is not widely used by the scientific community. We suggest that, to maximize both the public's and researchers' investments, usability should be a more highly valued goal. We describe specific characteristics of usability toward which bioimaging software projects should aim.

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Software for bioimaging should aim to meet specific usability criteria and funding agencies should request that these criteria be addressed (though not necessarily met) in a “Plans for Software Sharing and Usability” section of proposals’ resource sharing plans.
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