An enquiry into VR interface design for medical training: VR augmented anatomy tutorials for breast cancer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6804, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Charissis, V ^a   Ward, B M ^b   Naef, M ^a   Rowley, D ^b   Brady, L ^a   Anderson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal College of Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Breast cancer; Haptics; HCI; Medical education; Medical visualisation; Surgical training; VR interface

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION EXCHANGE; MEDICAL TRAINING; MEDICAL VISUALISATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ONCOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MEDICAL EDUCATION;

EID: 40749156631     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.767758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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