Virtual Reality Surgical Simulators- A Prerequisite for Robotic Surgery

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-127

  Rajanbabu, Anupama ^a   Drudi, Laura ^b   Lau, Susie ^c   Press, Joshua Z ^c   Gotlieb, Walter H ^c  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Robotic surgery; Surgical simulation; Virtual reality surgical simulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84905189666     PISSN: 09757651     EISSN: 09766952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13193-014-0314-7     Document Type: Article

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