Medical imagery software

Sometimes a simple update of the UI can make a big difference. I believe that lot of fairly old software out there just needs a bit of design attention. By that I mean a visual refresh that bring the UI up the today's standard.

Most of the tech and design enthusiasm (incentivized by capital of course) goes to very specific field like bio tech and wearables leaving a lot of the basic and crucial pieces aging. Most of medical and industrial software seem to have been coded in visual basic, running on XP, almost always more than a decade ago. Those are not the super flashy crypto UIs, no iphone, no retina or 3D graphics. I'm talking dense, highly specific, designed when the device ecosystem was very different.

I recently made this quick redesign of a radiology software to make this point to a client and use this as a visual reference in the future. I'm planning on sharing more bits I make for consulting gigs - a comp as always worked better than my best attempt at explaining the value such a process.

Above: In situ light version

Below: reference screen

These interfaces are often used on large dedicated monitors with not-so-great contrast. With better spacing and contrast we can improve usability.

Adding labels, larger font sizes while keeping a familiar layout promotes efficiency.

Dark/light mode to cater to everyone's preference and the various rooms - most of radiology operations happens in dim environments.