Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 7 , Pages 569-576 , 2006

Validation of a Computer-based Bronchoscopy Simulator Developed in Taiwan

  • Jin-Siang Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Ping Hung

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • for the National Taiwan University Endoscopic Simulation Collaborative Study Group (NTUESC)

Received 25 July 2005 ,Revised 7 September 2005 ,Accepted 6 December 2005.

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 A complete list of NTUESC members and their affiliations appears in the Acknowledgments.

PII: S0929-6646(09)60152-2

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60152-2

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 7 , Pages 569-576 , 2006

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