Name: Surgery in the Information Age
Creator: Patrick Cregan
Keywords: Education, Medical, Biomedical Technology, Video-Assisted Surgery, Robotics, 02 engineering and technology, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, General Surgery, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1999 English Publisher:AMPCoJournal:Medical Journal of Australia, volume 171, pages 514-516 (issn: 0025-729X, eissn: 1326-5377,

Authors: Patrick Cregan;

doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123781.x

pmid: 10816698

Surgery in the Information Age

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Abstract

Currently, surgical procedures involve direct data flows of sensation and mechanical output. As information technology progresses, surgery will change to a system of electronic data flows, with technical, ethical, and training implications.

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Nepean Hospital
Australia

Keywords

Education, Medical, Biomedical Technology, Video-Assisted Surgery, Robotics, General Surgery, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Humans, Computer Simulation, Clinical Competence, Medical Informatics

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