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<p>This paper presents a non-invasive measurement method to detect and characterize failures and material imperfections in total joint prostheses based on acceleration measurement. Therefore, a prototype sensor has been developed to fulfill the requirements of a medical-technical sensor. This sensor has been tested on patients with total hip arthroplasty. Special emphasis is put on the real-time processing of measurement data by means of intelligent signal processing as well as reliable and repeatable measurement procedures, including standardized positions for the sensor front-end and a standardized motion-sequence the patient is performing.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a non-invasive measurement method to detect and characterize failures and material imperfections in total joint prostheses based on acceleration measurement. Therefore, a prototype sensor has been developed to fulfill the requirements of a medical-technical sensor. This sensor has been tested on patients with total hip arthroplasty. Special emphasis is put on the real-time processing of measurement data by means of intelligent signal processing as well as reliable and repeatable measurement procedures, including standardized positions for the sensor front-end and a standardized motion-sequence the patient is performing.

Non-Invasive Characterization of total Hip Arthroplasty by Means of Passive Acceleration Measurement

Medical University Graz Auenbruggerplatz 5-7

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper presents a non-invasive measurement method to detect and characterize failures and material imperfections in total joint prostheses based on...

Non-Invasive Characterization of total Hip Arthroplasty by Means of Passive Acceleration Measurement

Publié en ligne: 13 déc. 2017

Pages: 75 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-380

Mots clés
Total hip arthroplasty, Non-invasive measurement, Failure characterization, Acceleration measurement, wear detection

© 2010 M. Lieschnegg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Non-Invasive Characterization of total Hip Arthroplasty by Means of Passive Acceleration Measurement

Publié en ligne: 13 déc. 2017

Pages: 75 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-380

Mots clésTotal hip arthroplasty, Non-invasive measurement, Failure characterization, Acceleration measurement, wear detection

© 2010 M. Lieschnegg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Total hip arthroplasty, Non-invasive measurement, Failure characterization, Acceleration measurement, wear detection