Simulation in neurosurgery: A review of computer-based simulation environments and their surgical applications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1105-1116

  Malone, Hani R ^a   Syed, Omar N ^a   Downes, Michael S ^a   D'ambrosio, Anthony L ^a   Quest, Donald O ^a   Kaiser, Michael G ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional imaging; Haptics; Neurosurgical education; Neurosurgical planning; Neurosurgical simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEXTROSCOPE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PHANTOM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SIMULATOR; SKULL SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; STEREOSCOPIC VOLUMETRY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGERY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77957977387     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181ee46d0     Document Type: Review

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