Virtual endoscopy in neurosurgery: A review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Neubauer, André ^a   Wolfsberger, Stefan ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Surgical simulation; Virtual endoscopy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE SURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84872067571     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827393c9     Document Type: Review

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