New simulation technologies for surgical training and certification: Current status and future projections

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-172

  Higgins, Gerald A ^a   Merrill, Gregory L ^b   Hettinger, Lawrence J ^c   Kaufmann, Christoph R ^d   Champion, Howard R ^d   Satava, Richard M ^e  

^a Image Medical Communications   (United States)

^b High Techsplanations Inc   (United States)

^c Logicon Technical Services   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031113810     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.1997.6.2.160     Document Type: Article

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