Ultrasound training: The virtual patient

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 440-444

  Heer, I M ^a   Middendorf, K ^a   Muller Egloff S ^a   Dugas, M ^b   Strauss, A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Teaching; Ultrasound training; Vaginal sonography; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BICORNIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4444308894     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1715     Document Type: Article

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