Virtual interactive presence for real-time, long-distance surgical collaboration during complex microsurgical procedures: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-284

  Shenai, Mahesh B ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Guthrie, Barton L ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^c  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Microsurgical procedure; Telecommunication; Virtual interactive presence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECONFERENCE; VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE PRESENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COOPERATION; DISSECTION; PINEAL BODY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TELEMEDICINE;

CADAVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PINEAL GLAND; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84905443652     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.4.JNS131805     Document Type: Article

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