Virtual reality in brain intervention

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 741-752

  Nowinski, Wieslaw L ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brain atlas; Functional neurosurgery; Interventional neuroradiology; Surgical simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750195417     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213006002916     Document Type: Article

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