Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 356-362 , May 2006

Validation of a digital image processing software package for the in vivo measurement of wear in cemented Charnley total hip arthroplasties

  • Emma Kennard

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • Ruth K. Wilcox

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • Richard M. Hall

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • Academic Unit of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Services, CSB, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 113 343 2132; fax: +44 113 242 4611.

Received 10 June 2004 ,Revised 22 March 2005 ,Accepted 29 June 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00141-4

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.06.007

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 356-362 , May 2006

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