Virtual reality simulator for the training of lumbar punctures

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Farber M ^a   Hummel, F ^a   Gerloff, C ^a   Handels, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haptic feedback; Lumbar puncture; Procedure simulation; Surgical simulation; Virtual reality; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLE; PUNCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORQUE; TOUCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 76649134454     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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