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Published in final edited form as: Vasc Med. 2018 Feb 7;23(2):172–180. doi: 10.1177/1358863X17751656

Table 4.

Current echocardiography simulators with skill metrics.

Image source	Mode	Feedback to trainee	Metrics
Synthetic	TEE	Visual	Economy and efficiency (time, path length, velocity, acceleration) Probe handling fluidity and smoothness (jerk, peak, spectral arc length)
Patients	TEE and TTE	Quantitative and visual	Angle between acquired view and anatomically correct view Probe location: distance from correct location

TEE, transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.