Mri-based characterization of bone anatomy in the human knee for size matching of a medial meniscal implant

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Elsner, Jonathan J ^a   Portnoy, Sigal ^a   Guilak, Farshid ^b   Shterling, Avi ^a   Linder Ganz, Eran ^a  

^a Active Implants Corporation   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Meniscus; MRI; Sex; Sizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025234741     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002490     Document Type: Article

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