title: An endoscopic sinus surgery training system for assessment of surgical skill.
abstract: The apprenticeship of procedures in endoscopic sinus surgery has several limitations, including potential risk for the patients and lack of feedback to the trainees. In this paper, we present a new surgical training system that combines a head dummy, force and position sensors: this system can be used to assess surgical skills and provide visual feedback to the trainees.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 6, 1-1-1, Higashi, 305-8566 Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Juli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000193:education*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed