Border-tracing algorithm implementation for the femoral geometry reconstruction

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-182

  Testi, Debora ^a,b   Zannoni, Cinzia ^b,c   Cappello, Angelo ^b   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CINECA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Border tracing algorithm; Custom made prosthesis; Geometry reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HIP PROSTHESES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMORAL MEDULLARY CANAL;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERROR; FEMUR; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035041161     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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