Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 316-325 , April 2007

Mechanical analysis of percutaneous sacroplasty using CT image based finite element models

  • Dennis E. Anderson
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  • John R. Cotton

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Norris Hall, Mail Code 0219, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United Sates. Tel.: +1 540 231 7979; fax: +1 540 231 4574.

Received 12 September 2005 ,Revised 14 March 2006 ,Accepted 22 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.03.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 316-325 , April 2007

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