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Table 1 Results of patient specific phantom assessment

From: Patient-specific neurosurgical phantom: assessment of visual quality, accuracy, and scaling effects

Assessment of phantom realism

 

Nothing

Not Good

Good

Very Good

Perfect

Phantom general aspect (anatomical structures: proportions and locations)

0%

0%

24%

47%

29%

Haptic response

0%

0%

18%

59%

24%

Size of the brain internal structures

0%

0%

18%

53%

29%

Brain tissue appearance

0%

0%

18%

53%

29%

Relationship between internal anatomical structures used as reference for access

0%

0%

24%

35%

41%

Realism average

0%

0%

20%

49%

31%

Assessment of phantom educational potential (utility)

 

Nothing

Not Good

Good

Very Good

Perfect

To acquire basic skills necessary for surgery

0%

0%

6%

65%

29%

To acquire depth sensation (insertion / extraction) through the bony window

0%

6%

6%

59%

29%

To learn how to orient yourself during the surgical procedure

0%

0%

6%

59%

35%

To learn procedures

0%

0%

6%

65%

29%

To learn how to position drains and other equipment

0%

0%

6%

59%

35%

Utility Average

0%

1%

6%

61%

32%

Overall Average

0%

1%

13%

55%

31%