A Surgical Training Simulator for Quantitative Assessment of the Anastomotic Technique of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 1179-1182

  Park, Y ^a,b   Shinke, M ^a   Kanemitsu, N ^a   Yagi, T ^a,c   Azuma, T ^d   Shiraishi, Y ^e   Kormos, R ^b   Umezu, M ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; Pressure loss; Self Training; Skill Assessment; Surgical Training

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; PRESSURE LOSS; SELF TRAINING; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICONES; SIMULATORS;

SURGERY;

EID: 84891942774     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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