Methods of evaluation for bone dimensions, densities, contents, morphology, and structures

Mechanical Testing of Bone and the Bone-Implant Interface

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 103-118

  An, Yuehuei H ^a,b   Barfield, William R ^a   Knets, Ivars ^c  

^a Medical University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

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