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A Comparative Evaluation of Available Software

Evan S. Bates, MD; Elliot Abemayor, MD, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991;117(9):1026-1030.

Abstract
• Most of the available methods for preparing professional slides to be used in oral presentations can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive. Creating high-quality 35-mm slides may require the use of expensive medical illustrators and photographic equipment not available to all physicians. More recently, technology has emerged that permits professional in-office generation of quality slides using commercially available computer graphics software and film recorders. Such a system is simple to establish and maintain when compared with commercial slide production facilities. We will review the hardware requirements of such a system, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of several commercially available software packages. Using a personal computer—based slide-making system, any physician communicating with small or large groups of people can now produce professional-looking slides easily, rapidly, and inexpensively.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991;117:1026-1030)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication February 15, 1991.

Presented in part at the meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, Calif, January 20, 1990.

Reprint requests to Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 62-132 CHS, 10833 LeConte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Dr Abemayor).

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