Imperial College London
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MissAimeeDi Marco

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 3938a.di-marco

 
 
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171Hammersmith HouseHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Granados:2014:10.1007/978-3-319-10404-1_77,
author = {Granados, A and Hald, N and Di, Marco A and Ahmed, S and Low-Beer, N and Higham, J and Kneebone, R and Bello, F},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-10404-1_77},
pages = {617--625},
title = {Real-time visualisation and analysis of internal examinations - Seeing the unseen},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10404-1_77},
year = {2014}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Internal examinations such as Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) and bimanual Vaginal Examination (BVE) are routinely performed for early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. Although they are recognised as core skills to be taught on a medical curriculum, they are difficult to learn and teach due to their unsighted nature. We present a framework that combines a visualisation and analysis tool with position and pressure sensors to enable the study of internal examinations and provision of real-time feedback. This approach is novel as it allows for real-time continuous trajectory and pressure data to be obtained for the complete examination, which may be used for teaching and assessment. Experiments were conducted performing DRE and BVE on benchtop models, and BVE on Gynaecological Teaching Assistants (GTA). The results obtained suggest that the proposed methodology may provide an insight into what constitutes an adequate DRE or BVE, provide real-time feedback tools for learning and assessment, and inform haptics-based simulator design. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.
AU  - Granados,A
AU  - Hald,N
AU  - Di,Marco A
AU  - Ahmed,S
AU  - Low-Beer,N
AU  - Higham,J
AU  - Kneebone,R
AU  - Bello,F
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-10404-1_77
EP  - 625
PY  - 2014///
SN  - 0302-9743
SP  - 617
TI  - Real-time visualisation and analysis of internal examinations - Seeing the unseen
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10404-1_77
ER  -
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