Improving visualization of the cervix during pelvic exams: A simulation using a physical model of the speculum and human vagina as a steppingstone to reducing disparities in gynecological cancers

• Rahul Sai Yerrabelli ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rsy2@illinois.edu

  Affiliations Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7670-9601

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• Peggy K. Palsgaard,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Ashkhan Hojati,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5883-3257

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• Amy J. Wagoner Johnson

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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