Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 69-79 , January 2002

The precision of radiostereometric measurements. Manual vs. digital measurements

  • Niclas Börlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46-90-786-68-32; fax: +46-90-786-61-26
  • ,
  • Truike Thien

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Section, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 6500 Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • ,
  • Johan Kärrholm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

,Accepted 1 August 2001.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 69-79 , January 2002