The Application of Wearable Technology in Surgery: Ensuring the Positive Impact of the Wearable Revolution on Surgical Patients

Frontiers in Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Slade Shantz, Jesse Alan ^a,b   Veillette, Christian J H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

augmented reality; computer assisted; outcome assessment (health care); surgery; wearable devices; wearable technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011673069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2014.00039     Document Type: Article

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