Preliminary findings on the virtual environment for radiotherapy training (VERT) system: Simulator sickness and presence

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Flinton, David M ^a   White, Nick ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Presence; Radiotherapy; Sickness; SSQ; VERT

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; DISORIENTATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR RADIOTHERAPY TRAINING SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 74549172855     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396909990057     Document Type: Article

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