Open AccessVirtual Reality Simulation of Basic Pulmonary Procedures
Author(s) -
Lars Konge,
Henrik Arendrup,
Christian von Buchwald,
Charlotte Ringsted
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3182070110
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , virtual reality , forceps , medical physics , scope (computer science) , surgery , radiology , simulation , computer science , human–computer interaction , programming language
Virtual reality (VR) bronchoscopy simulators have been available for more than a decade, and have been recognized as an important aid in bronchoscopy training. The existing literature has only examined the role of VR simulators in diagnostic bronchoscopy. The aim of this study was to find out whether the simulations of both diagnostic bronchoscopies and more advanced procedures were realistic, and whether clinical experience in bronchoscopy was associated with better and faster performance of basic pulmonary procedures in the simulator.