Determination of the Hounsfield value for CT-based design of custom femoral stems

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-147

  Aamodt, Arild ^a   Kvistad, Kjell A ^a   Andersen, Eivind ^a   Lund Larsen, Jon ^a   Eine, Jan ^a   Benum, Pål ^a   Husby, Otto S ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032896881     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B1.8880     Document Type: Article

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