Feasibility of the Epiduroscopy Simulator as a Training Tool: A Pilot Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Items</td><td class="align_center">Features</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Operating system</td><td class="align_center">Windows XP (Microsoft, CA, USA)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Software</td><td class="align_center">Unity 3D (Unity Technologies, CA, USA)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hardware</td><td class="align_center">Laptop computer (i3 CPU, 2 gb RAM, 500 gb HDD)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Display</td><td class="align_center">RGB, 32 bit color depth</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Resolution</td><td class="align_center">1024 × 768</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Control interface</td><td class="align_center">Xbox controller (Microsoft, CA, USA)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Haptic training</td><td class="align_center">Applicable, but not applied in this study</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Obtainable data</td><td class="align_center">Time to appropriate position of catheter, total score, and number of violations</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Features of the presented simulator (EpiduroSIMTM, BioComputing Lab, KOREATECH, Cheonan, Republic of Korea).</div>

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Table 2: Feasibility of the Epiduroscopy Simulator as a Training Tool: A Pilot Study 