Vibroacoustography for the assessment of total hip arthroplasty

OBJECTIVES: This paper proposes imaging with 3-dimensional vibroacoustography for postoperatively assessing the uncovered cup area after total hip arthroplasty as a quantitative criterion to evaluate implant fixation. METHODS: A phantom with a bone-like structure covered by a tissue-mimicking materi...

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Main Authors: Hermes A.S. Kamimura, Liao Wang, Antonio A.O. Carneiro, Randall R. Kinnick, Kai-Nan An, Mostafa Fatemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-04-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000400463