Reaction times and the decision-making process in endoscopic surgery: An experimental study

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1475-1480

  Zheng, B ^a   Janmohamed, Z ^a   MacKenzie, C L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic decision making; Ergonomics; Sensorimotor integration; Surgical skills; Surgical training; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141539543     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8759-0     Document Type: Article

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