Procedural virtual reality simulation in minimally invasive surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 364-377

  Våpenstad, Cecilie ^a   Buzink, Sonja N ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Endovascular; Laparoscopy; Procedural simulation; Training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84875827513     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2503-1     Document Type: Review

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