Purpose – Medicine is heavily dependent on images and health care professionals use medical images for clinical, educational and research purposes. This paper aims to investigate the resources used by health care professionals while searching for medical images. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – This paper aims to report the results of a study investigating the relevance criteria used by health care professionals when seeking medical images. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 29 participants using a think‐aloud protocol and face‐to‐face interviews...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how healthcare professionals search for and select the medical images they need within medical settings. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 29 healthcare professionals participated in the study. Using a think‐aloud technique and...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview of the development of a computer system designed to aid historians in the reading of the stylus tablets from the Roman fort of Vindolanda. It proposes outlining the different stages in developing the system, and giving the preliminary results....