Users Praise myRSNA®
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RSNA 2008 attendees who took a test drive of myRSNA®, the new customizable Web portal for RSNA members, said they are impressed with all it has to offer, as well as the ease of use.
RSNA member Robert L. Hamm, M.D., said he was particularly pleased with the radiology-specific search engine, Yottalook™, incorporated into myRSNA. Dr. Hamm said he often scours Google™ and other search engines for articles and images, but not always with satisfying results.
"Yottalook should give me just what I need," said Dr. Hamm, of Providence Hospital in Washington. Yottalook allows the user to do Internet searches based on certain keywords and save them for future reference. The radiology engine finds pages using the Google index but its algorithms use radiology ontologies to filter the results.
myRSNA employs a system of tabs (1) and drop-and-drag widgets (2) to help users organize content. On the main myRSNA tab, users can add, remove and move widgets to receive regularly updated information about Radiology, RadioGraphics and RSNA News articles, CME opportunities, annual meeting content and more.
Tabs further assist users in obtaining and organizing information:
mySearch: Searches are based on the keywords entered and results are filtered into different categories, including RSNA, Yottalook, Google, Video and Images (3). Users can save favorite searches (4) and refer back to a list of those performed recently (5).
myBookmarks: Users can bookmark Web pages for access directly through myRSNA (6), rather than sort through unrelated bookmarks on their Internet browser.
myFiles: Users can upload files of any type to a personal online directory and access those files from any computer in the world via myRSNA, without additional software. Each member receives one gigabyte of storage space.
Learn more at myRSNA.org.