Advanced trans-tibial socket fabrication using selective laser sintering

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-100

  Rogers, Bill ^a   Bosker, Gordon W ^a   Crawford, Richard H ^b   Faustini, Mario C ^b   Neptune, Richard R ^b   Walden, Gail ^c   Gitter, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputees; CAD CAM; Prosthetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LEG PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PILOT STUDY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SOFTWARE; TIBIA;

EID: 33947281040     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640600983923     Document Type: Article

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