Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach

Abstract Background Colonoscopy plays an important role in the clinical screening and management of colorectal cancer. The traditional ‘see one, do one, teach one’ training style for such invasive procedure is resource intensive and ineffective. Given that colonoscopy is difficult, and time-consumin...

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Main Authors: Tingxi Wen, David Medveczky, Jackie Wu, Jianhuang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-018-0433-4