Evaluating a haptic-based virtual environment for venepuncture training

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 223-224

  Smith, Shamus P ^a   Todd, Susan ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Haptics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

haptic evaluation; medical training; usability; venepuncture; virtual environments

Indexed keywords

HAPTIC EVALUATION; MEDICAL TRAINING; USABILITY; VENEPUNCTURE; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURVEYS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79959963271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1315184.1315231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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