Level 1—General training (1 month) to provide the ardiovascular trainee with a working knowledge of CMR ethods and diagnostic utility. Level 2—Specialized training (at least 3 months) deigned to provide fellows with the skills necessary to ndependently interpret CMR imaging studies. Level 3—Advanced training for those who ultimately ish to be responsible for the operation of a CMR laboraory. Le...

Before the operation of a motor imagery based brain-computer interface (BCI) adopting machine learning techniques, a cumbersome training procedure is unavoidable. The development of a practical BCI posed the challenge of classifying single-trial EEG with a small training set. In this letter, we addressed this problem by employing a series of signal processing and machine learning approaches to ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the feasibility of flexible ureteroscopy training by using isolated porcine kidneys and ureters in vitro. METHODS Twenty young urologists were randomly divided into four groups. Overall performance was assessed based on a global rating scale, pass/fail rating, total time to complete task, learning curve, incidence of trauma, and perforations. The effect of training was ...

BACKGROUND Simulation allows training without posing risk to patient safety. It has developed in response to the demand for patient safety and the reduced training times for surgeons. Whilst there is an increasing role of simulation in orthopaedic training, the perception of patients and the general public of this novel method is yet unknown. Patients and the public were given the opportunity t...

Despite the large investment in the development of tools to support training in the operation of electrical systems, such as simulators, little has been invested in evaluating training effectiveness. To increase the effectiveness of training and minimize the workload imposed on tutors; this paper presents a tool for supporting the evaluation of effectiveness of the training programs conducted i...

In this paper, a new robust training algorithm is proposed for the generation of a set of bias-removed, noise-suppressed reference speech HMM models in adverse environment su€ering from both channel bias and additive noise. Its main idea is to incorporate a signal bias-compensation operation and a PMC noise-compensation operation into its iterative training process. This makes the resulting spe...

TSU for operation technology and software described in § 740.13(a), the training may be provided within the limits of those provisions of License Exception TSU. The location of the training is not significant, as the export occurs at the time and place of the actual transfer or imparting of the technology to the customer’s engineers. (B) Any training beyond that covered under the provisions of ...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a minimally invasive image-guided technique for treatment of coronary diseases. PTCA procedure requires physicians to have good skills of hand-eye coordination in performing the operation. Training of PTCA thus very much emphasizes skill building for hand-eye coordination. We have been developing virtual reality (VR) technology for medica...

Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, over 541 clients with major limb amputations have been seen in the Military Healthcare System. As a result of the nature and severity of injuries and the prevalence of concomitant injuries seen in this population, amputee care has become a specialized type of rehabilitative care at Walter Reed and Brooke Army Medical...

BACKGROUND Widespread adoption of minimal access techniques forced a generation of abdominal surgeons to re-learn many standard abdominal procedures. This threatened to reduce the pool of suitable "training" operations for surgical residents. METHODS Operator grade, duration of operation, acute/elective operation, conversion rate, complications, and postoperative stay were recorded prospectiv...