BioImplantable bone stress sensor

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 518-521

  Fernando Alfaro, J ^a   Weiss, Lee E ^a   Campbell, Phil G ^b   Miller, Mark C ^c   Heyward, Christa ^c   Doctor, John S ^c   Fedder, Gary K ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) SENSOR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; STRESS SENSOR;

BONE; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 33846939321     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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