Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 285-292, April 2008

Evaluation of cartilage defects with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR): An ex vivo study

  • Gunter Spahn

      Affiliations

    • Center of Traumatology and Orthopeadic Surgery, Eisenach Sophienstr. 16, D-99817 Eisenach, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Holger Plettenberg

      Affiliations

    • fzmb, Research Center of Medical Technology and Biotechnology, Bad Langensalza, Germany
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  • Horst Nagel

      Affiliations

    • Research Laboratories, Sartorius AG, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Enrico Kahl

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Clinic, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Hans Michael Klinger

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Clinic, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Thomas Mückley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
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  • Manfred Günther

      Affiliations

    • fzmb, Research Center of Medical Technology and Biotechnology, Bad Langensalza, Germany
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  • Gunther O. Hofmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
    • Trauma Center, Bergamannstrost, Halle, Germany
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  • Jürgen A. Mollenhauer

      Affiliations

    • Waldkrankenhaus Rudolf Elle Eisenberg with Department of Orthopaedics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany

Received 22 February 2007; received in revised form 16 April 2007; accepted 24 April 2007. published online 06 June 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00085-9

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.04.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 285-292, April 2008

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