Radiopacity of tantalum-loaded acrylic bone cement

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 787-791

  Persson, C ^a   Guandalini, L ^a   Baruffaldi, F ^a   Pierotti, L ^b   Baleani, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barium sulphate; Bone cement; Radiopacity; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BONE CEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENSITY (OPTICAL); RADIOGRAPHY; TANTALUM; VISIBILITY; BARIUM; BONE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY FILMS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BARIUM SULPHATE; RADIOPACITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE CEMENT;

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENTS; BARIUM SULPHATES; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS; RADIOPACIFIER; RADIOPACIFIERS; RADIOPACITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TANTALUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TANTALUM;

EID: 33846332419     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM88     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Vazquez, B., Deb, S., and Bonfield, W. Optimization of benzoyl peroxide concentration in an experimental bone cement based on poly(methyl methacrylate). J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med., 1997, 8(7), 455-460.
2. Liu, C., Green, S. M., Watkins, N. D., Gregg, P. J., and McCaskie, A. W. Some failure modes of four clinical bone cements. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 2001, 215(4), 359-366.
3. Baleani, M., Cristofolini, L., Minari, C., and Toni, A. Fatigue strength of PMMA bone cement mixed with gentamicin and barium sulphate versus pure PMMA. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 2003, 217(1), 9-12.
4. Hamasaki, N., Nosaka, H., Kimura, T., Nakagawa, Y., Yokoi, H., Tamura, T., and Nobuyoshi, M. Initial experience with the Cordis stent: analysis of serial angiographic follow-up. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn., 1997, 42(2), 166-172.
5. N-Butyl cyanoacrylate embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: results of a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., 2002, 23(5), 748-755.
6. Chan, D. C., Titus, H. W., Chung, K. H., Dixon, H., Wellinghoff, S. T., and Rawls, H. R. Radiopacity of tantalum oxide nanoparticle filled resins. Dent. Mater., 1999, 15(3), 219-222.
7. Ebramzadeh, E., Sarmiento, A., McKellop, H. A., Llinas, A., and Gogan, W. The cement mantle in total hip arthroplasty. Analysis of long-term radiographic results. J. Bone Jt Surg, (Am.), 1994, 76(1), 77-87.
8. Amstutz, H. C. Hip arthroplasty, 1991, ch. 10, p. 126 (Churchill Livingstone, New York).
9. Kjellson, F., Almen, T., Tanner, K. E., McCarthy, I. D., and Lidgren, L. Bone cement X-ray contrast media: a clinically relevant method of measuring their efficacy. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 2004, 70B(2), 354-361.
10. Hubbell, J. H. and Seltzer, S. M. NISTIR 5632, Tables of X-ray mass attenuation coefficients and mass energy-absorption coefficients. US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 1995.
11. Carroll, F. Tunable, monochromatic X-rays: an enabling technology for molecular/cellular imaging and therapy. J. Cell Biochem., 90(3), 502-508.