Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 764-769 , September 2009

Influence of the orientation of the Osstell® transducer during measurement of dental implant stability using resonance frequency analysis: A numerical approach

  • Lukas Capek

      Affiliations

    • Technical University of Liberec, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Studentska 2, 46117 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Antonin Simunek

      Affiliations

    • Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Dentistry, Simkova 870, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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  • Radovan Slezak

      Affiliations

    • Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Dentistry, Simkova 870, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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  • Ladislav Dzan

      Affiliations

    • Regional Hospital of Liberec, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Husova 10, 46001 Liberec, Czech Republic

Received 11 July 2008 ,Revised 3 February 2009 ,Accepted 5 February 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00055-1

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.02.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 764-769 , September 2009

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