title: Towards a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST).
abstract: Surgical skill training is a long and tedious process of acquiring fine motor skills. To overcome the drawbacks of the existing toolbox trainer systems, we develop, for the first time, a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST) whereby tasks, such as the ones available in the FLS toolbox system, may be performed on the computer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. maciea@rpi.edu
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maciel
authors.forename: Youquan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Woojin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: T Paul
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ward
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dunnican
authors.forename: Suvranu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D014110:Touch; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface