Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 820-823 , September 2007

Digital image correlation: A technique for determining local mechanical conditions within early bone callus

  • M.S. Thompson
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  • H. Schell
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  • J. Lienau
    • ,
  • G.N. Duda

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Musculoskeletal Research Center Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Free and Humboldt-University of Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 450 559079; fax: +49 30 450 559969.

Received 14 June 2006 ,Revised 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 31 August 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00181-0

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 820-823 , September 2007

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