Surgical performance in a virtual environment

On the Horizon

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-355

  Choi, May Y ^a   Sutherland, Garnette R ^b  

^a Bachelor of Health Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Robotics; Simulation; Surgery; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449126791     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910998335     Document Type: Article

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