Assessing image quality of low-cost laparoscopic box trainers: options for residents training at home.
Simul Healthc
; 6(5): 292-8, 2011 Oct.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21613971
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Low-cost laparoscopic box trainers built using home computers and webcams may provide residents with a useful tool for practice at home. This study set out to evaluate the image quality of low-cost laparoscopic box trainers compared with a commercially available model.METHODS:
Five low-cost laparoscopic box trainers including the components listed were compared in random order to one commercially available box trainer A (high-definition USB 2.0 webcam, PC laptop), B (Firewire webcam, Mac laptop), C (high-definition USB 2.0 webcam, Mac laptop), D (standard USB webcam, PC desktop), E (Firewire webcam, PC desktop), and F (the TRLCD03 3-DMEd Standard Minimally Invasive Training System). Participants observed still image quality and performed a peg transfer task using each box trainer. Participants rated still image quality, image quality with motion, and whether the box trainer had sufficient image quality to be useful for training.RESULTS:
Sixteen residents in obstetrics and gynecology took part in the study. The box trainers showing no statistically significant difference from the commercially available model were A, B, C, D, and E for still image quality; A for image quality with motion; and A and B for usefulness of the simulator based on image quality. The cost of the box trainers A-E is approximately $100 to $160 each, not including a computer or laparoscopic instruments.CONCLUSIONS:
Laparoscopic box trainers built from a high-definition USB 2.0 webcam with a PC (box trainer A) or from a Firewire webcam with a Mac (box trainer B) provide image quality comparable with a commercial standard.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Simulação por Computador
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Instrução por Computador
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Laparoscopia
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Ginecologia
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Internato e Residência
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Obstetrícia
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Simul Healthc
Assunto da revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá