Development and validation of a virtual reality transrectal ultrasound guided prostatic biopsy simulator

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Chalasani, Venu ^a   Cool, Derek W ^b   Sherebrin, Shi ^b   Fenster, Aaron ^b   Chin, Joseph ^a   Izawa, Jonathan I ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 79751479901     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.09159     Document Type: Article

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