A cost effective simulator for education of ultrasound image interpretation and probe manipulation

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 163, Issue , 2011, Pages 403-407

  Nicolau, S A ^a   Vemuri, A ^a   Wu, H S ^a   Huang, M H ^a   Ho, Y ^a   Charnoz, A ^b   Hostettler, A ^b   Forest, C ^b   Soler, L ^b   Marescaux, J ^b  

^a Medical Imaging Team   (Taiwan)

^b IRCAD   (France)

Author keywords

optical tracking; training simulator; Ultrasound image simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; PROBES; SIMULATORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COST EFFECTIVE; CT DATA; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; OPTICAL TRACKING; REALISTIC INTERFACES; TRAINING SIMULATOR; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; US PROBES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FRANCE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING; TOUCH; TRANSDUCER;

BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEACHING; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79953030673     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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