3-D imaging of surface topography of wear particles found in synovial joints

Wear

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-193

  Podsiadlo, P ^a   Stachowiak, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 D imaging; FESEM stereoscopy; Surface topography; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNOVIAL JOINTS;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

IMAGING METHOD; JOINT; PARTICLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WEAR;

EID: 0032852589     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(99)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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