A second-generation virtual reality simulator for colonoscopy: Validation and initial experience

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 735-738

  Koch, A D ^a   Haringsma, J ^a   Schoon, E J ^b   de Man, R A ^a   Kuipers, E J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EXPERT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 51549106073     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077508     Document Type: Article

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