A meta-analysis of the training effectiveness of virtual reality surgical simulators

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Haque, Syed ^a   Srinivasan, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Surgical simulators; Training performance; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

META-ANALYSIS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; SURGICAL SIMULATORS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS; TRAINING PERFORMANCE;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 30744439541     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.855529     Document Type: Article

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