Interactive computer-based simulator for training in blade navigation and targeting in myringotomy

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-139

  Wheeler, Brian ^a   Doyle, Philip C ^a   Chandarana, Shamir ^a   Agrawal, Sumit ^a   Husein, Murad ^a   Ladak, Hanif M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Ear surgery; Myringotomy; Surgical training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EAR SURGERY; MYRINGOTOMY; OPTICAL TRACKERS; REAL TIME; SOFTWARE ENGINES; SURGICAL MICROSCOPES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRAINING TOOLS; VIRTUAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; INCISION; MYRINGOTOMY; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ONTARIO; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77952008934     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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