Metallic open-cell foams - A promising approach to fabricating good medical implants

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 201-208

  Ohrndorf, A ^a   Krupp, U ^a   Christ, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; GEOMETRY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

EID: 33750243583     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2006-144-502     Document Type: Article

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