A review of computer-based simulators for ultrasound training

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-108

  Blum, Tobias ^a   Rieger, Andreas ^b   Navab, Nassir ^a   Friess, Helmut ^b   Martignoni, Marc ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Review; Training; Ultrasound simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84876477817     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31827ac273     Document Type: Review

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