The accuracy of computed tomography-based linear measurements of human femora and titanium stem

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 333-337

  Feng, Zude ^a   Ziv, Israel ^a,b   Rho, Jae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; femur; Half maximum height; hip arthroplasty; image analysis; profile window; titanium stem

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029931151     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199606000-00004     Document Type: Article

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