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| Title: |
NIST Measuring Device Aims to Up Hip Operation Success |
| Description: |
NIST prototype hip replacement 'phantom' (l.) provides a precisely measured coordinate system and magnetic ball and socket joint to calibrate and to measure the clinically relevant performance of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) tracking instruments used in delicate operations to install artificial hip joints (r.).
*MEL, Hip, CAOS
See also http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2007_0426.htm#hip.
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| Subjects (names): |
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| Topics/Categories: |
Manufacturing--Precision Engineering
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| Type: |
Graphic/illustration |
| Source: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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appear in print: |
IImage credit: NIST |
| AV Number: |
07MEL002 |
| Date Created: |
April 26, 2007 |
| Date Entered: |
4/26/2007 |
