Tracy Kirkbride, Ph.D.

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VIPER: Effective training for medical imaging
To address a training shortfall for medical imaging students at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology in New Zealand, a team has initiated the VIPER project -- an intelligent tutoring system that allows students to test their knowledge against an online tool, giving them detailed feedback as they attempt to solve problems.
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