Measurement of femoral head penetration in polyethylene using a 3-dimensional CT-scan technique.

Background Current techniques for measuring in vivo polyethylene wear suffer from a range of problems, resulting in an unacceptable lack of repeatability and/or insufficient accuracy when they are used to measure the low wear rates associated with new, highly crosslinked polyethylene. We describe an...

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Published in:Acta Orthopaedica Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 563 - 570
Main Authors: Vandenbussche E, Saffarini M, Hansen U, Taillieu F, Mutschler C, Augereau B, Gregory TM
Format: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Medical Journals Sweden AB Oct2010
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