About the Authors
- Nykan Mirchi
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: nykan.mirchi@mail.mcgill.ca
Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Vincent Bissonnette
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Recai Yilmaz
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nicole Ledwos
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Alexander Winkler-Schwartz
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Rolando F. Del Maestro
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
A patent entitled: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TRAINING PLATFORM (Patent Application US 62/821,091) has been filed which outlines the concept of the Virtual Operative Assistant. Each of the 6 authors of this paper is an equal co-inventor of the patent. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.