Development and face validity testing of a three-dimensional myringotomy simulator with haptic feedback

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Sowerby, Leigh J ^a   Rehal, Govind ^b   Husein, Murad ^a   Doyle, Philip C ^a,b   Agrawal, Sumit ^a   Ladak, Hanif M ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haptics; Myringotomy; Surgical simulator; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; MYRINGOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOUCH; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949946479     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.090079     Document Type: Article

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