title: A call for bioimaging software usability.
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.
authors: Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. anne@broadinstitute.org
authors: Anne E
authors: AE
authors: Carpenter
authors: Lee
authors: L
authors: Kamentsky
authors: Kevin W
authors: KW
authors: Eliceiri
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface