Health Imaging January 9, 2024
Want to level up your ultrasound abilities? There’s a virtual reality (VR) app for that. Except this isn’t a video game, it’s a real measure of thoracic ultrasound skill.
Researchers from Denmark conducted a study using an ultrasound VR simulator and found the score participants received matched their real-life skill level. The findings were published in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. [1]
The researchers, led by Anders Nielsen, MD, from Odense University Hospital, wrote that the VR test enables “standardized, objective, and evidence-based approach to assessment of thoracic ultrasound skills,” signaling that it could be of use in more academic and clinical care settings—and possibly used as a training tool.
Nielsen and his team said previous research has shown...
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