A tablet-based virtual environment for neurosurgery training

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-162

  John, Nigel W ^a   Phillips, Nicholas I ^b   Cenydd, Llyr ap ^c   Coope, David ^d   Carleton Bland, Nick ^e   Kamaly Asl, Ian ^f   Gray, William P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e North West Registrar in Neurosurgery   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROSURGERY; TRAJECTORIES;

ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; LEARNING CURVES; LINE TRAJECTORY; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRAJECTORY LENGTH; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84947277739     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/PRES_a_00224     Document Type: Article

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