Demonstration of an Arthroplastic Specimen

Design of an Elastic Arthroplastic Disc Optimized under Different Loads

Introduction: Due to limitations of current treatments for degenerative disc disease, arthroplastic methods to repair the diseased disc have been proposed. The artificial disc is a mobile implant for degenerative disc replacement that attempts to lessen the degeneration of the adjacent elements following interbody fusion procedures. Because the success of artificial disc replacement depends on ...

design of an elastic arthroplastic disc optimized under different loads

introduction: due to limitations of current treatments for degenerative disc disease, arthroplastic methods to repair the diseased disc have been proposed. the artificial disc is a mobile implant for degenerative disc replacement that attempts to lessen the degeneration of the adjacent elements following interbody fusion procedures. because the success of artificial disc replacement depends on ...

Specimen collection: an essential tool.

An analysis of blood specimen container leakage.

Procedures have been designed to test specimen containers for leakage, using blood and aqueous fluorescein solution as indicators. They have been used in a trial evaluation of a number of commercially available containers intended for medical specimens. Glass bijou bottles, evacuated container systems, and several types of plastic container showed no significant leakage rate with either blood o...

Toward clinical X-ray phase-contrast CT: demonstration of enhanced soft-tissue contrast in human specimen.

OBJECTIVES X-ray computed tomography (CT) using phase contrast can provide images with greatly enhanced soft-tissue contrast in comparison to conventional attenuation-based CT. We report on the first scan of a human specimen recorded with a phase-contrast CT system based on an x-ray grating interferometer and a conventional x-ray tube source. Feasibility and potential applications of preclinica...