Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 886-894, October 2007

Intra-operative evaluation of cementless hip implant stability: A prototype device based on vibration analysis

  • Maurizio Lannocca

      Affiliations

    • University of Bologna, Engineering Faculty, DEIS, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 2093097.
    • ,
  • Elena Varini

      Affiliations

    • University of Bologna, Engineering Faculty, DEIS, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 2093097.
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366864; fax: +39 051 6366863.
    • ,
  • Angelo Cappello

      Affiliations

    • University of Bologna, Engineering Faculty, DEIS, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 2093097.
    • ,
  • Luca Cristofolini

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • University of Bologna, Engineering Faculty, DIEM, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +39 051 6366577/6366864/2093266; fax: +39 051 6366863/2093412.
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  • Ewa Bialoblocka

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366864; fax: +39 051 6366863.

Received 6 March 2006; received in revised form 19 September 2006; accepted 24 September 2006. published online 15 November 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00203-7

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.09.011

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 886-894, October 2007

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