Virtual reality-based simulator for training in regional anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 594-600

  Grottke, O ^a   Ntouba, A ^b   Ullrich, S ^a   Liao, W ^a   Fried, E ^a   Prescher, A ^a   Deserno, T M ^a   Kuhlen, T ^a   Rossaint, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Anaesthetic techniques, regional, inguinal; Education; Model, computer simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGUINAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; INGUINAL CANAL; INNERVATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350450635     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep224     Document Type: Article

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