Quantifying palpation techniques in relation to performance in a clinical prostate exam

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1088-1097

  Wang, Ninghuan ^a   Gerling, Gregory J ^a   Childress, Reba Moyer ^a   Martin, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical measurements; human factors; medical decision making; simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL MEASUREMENTS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATIONS; FINGER MOVEMENTS; HUMAN FACTORS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; NURSING; STUDENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALPATION; PROSTATE;

EID: 77954612614     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2010.2041064     Document Type: Article

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