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Functionality: Excellent

Ergonomics: Average

Cost: $179.99

Ease of Use: Average

Impressions:

Wireless mouse offering a high level of functionality and customizability with 3 hot-swappable side pieces that offer 2, 6 or 12 buttons.

Pros:

- Up to 24 available shortcuts accessible with the right thumb (with Hypershift).

- Customizable side piece attachments allow customizability for different tasks (plain films vs. cross sectional)

Cons:

- Lack of smooth scrolling limits functionality for cross sectional studies.

- Only programmable on windows computers.

Wired Option (Recommended)

Wireless Option

Functionality: Excellent

Ergonomics: Excellent

Cost: $44

Ease of Use: Average

Impressions:

Our current go to mouse with great all-around functionality and currently the workhorse at our apartment.

Pros:

- Practical number of shortcuts accessible with the right thumb (up to 10 shortcuts with G-shift).

- Smooth and ratcheted scrolling

Cons:

- Right thumb shortcut buttons may lead to thumb strain

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Functionality: Excellent

Ergonomics: Excellent

Cost: $60

Ease of Use: Average

Impressions:

One of the best devices available for diagnostic radiologists looking to add practical functionality with the added benefit of Bluetooth connectivity.

Pros:

- Practical level of functionality (up to 12 shortcuts with G-shift)

- Great value compared to other similar devices (retails at $59.99)

- Smooth and ratcheted scrolling.

Cons:

- Right thumb shortcut buttons can lead to right thumb strain.

- Need to keep track of wireless dongle.

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Functionality: Excellent

Ergonomics: Average

Cost: $38

Ease of Use: Average

Impressions:

Wired mouse offers the most customizability with its 12 programmable buttons.

Pros:

- Up to 24 available shortcuts accessible with the right thumb (with G-shift).

Cons:

- Number of right thumb shortcut buttons likely exceeds usefulness for radiology applications and contributes to right thumb strain.

- No smooth scrolling decreases functionality for cross sectional imaging.

- Known driver issue for macOS necessitates programming on a windows computer.