Virtual interactive presence and augmented reality (VIPAR) for remote surgical assistance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Shenai, Mahesh B ^a   Dillavou, Marcus ^b   Shum, Corey ^b   Ross, Douglas ^b   Tubbs, Richard S ^c   Shih, Alan ^b   Guthrie, Barton L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Education; Telemedicine; Telepresence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAMERA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERNET; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RESIDENT; SURGEON; VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE PRESENCE AND AUGMENTED REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUMETRY;

CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79951745699     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182077efd     Document Type: Article

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