Pilot evaluation study of a virtual paracentesis simulator for skill training and assessment: The beneficial effect of haptic display

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-229

  Tzafestas, Costas S ^a   Birbas, Kostas ^b   Koumpouros, Yiannis ^c   Christopoulos, Dimitris ^d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d Foundation of the Hellenic World   (Greece)

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EID: 41549149197     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.17.2.212     Document Type: Article

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