Cost effective ultrasound imaging training mentor for use in developing countries

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 142, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-54

  Ap Cenydd, Llyr ^a   John, Nigel W ^a   Vidal, Franck P ^a   Gould, Derek A ^b   Joekes, Elizabeth ^b   Littler, Peter ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hci; Medical virtual environment; Ultrasound training

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COST EFFECTIVE; LOW-COST SYSTEMS; MEDICAL VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; PATIENT CASE; TRAINING SOFTWARES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND TRAINING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSERVICE TRAINING; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67549112714     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-964-6-49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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