Evaluation of game engines for simulated surgical training

Proceedings - GRAPHITE 2007, 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 273-280

  Marks, Stefan ^a   Windsor, John ^a   Wünsche, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collaborative environments; game engines; physically based animation; simulation systems

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; COMMERCIAL TOOLS; CONTENT CREATION; GAME ENGINE; INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; LOW COSTS; MULTIPLE USER; PHYSICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICALLY-BASED ANIMATION; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL SURGERY;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SURGERY; USER INTERFACES;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 78650365075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1321261.1321311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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