The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 468-474 , April 2009

Measurement of the Acetabular Cup Anteversion on Simulated Radiographs

  • Chen-Kun Liaw, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan ROC
    • Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
    • Chen‑Kun Liaw and Rong‑Sen Yang contributed equally to this work.
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  • Rong-Sen Yang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
    • Chen‑Kun Liaw and Rong‑Sen Yang contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Sheng-Mou Hou, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
    • ,
  • Tai-Yin Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Taipei City Hospital, Renai Branch, Taipei City, Taiwan ROC
    • ,
  • Chiou-Shann Fuh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Chiou-Shann Fuh, PhD, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan ROC.

Received 5 May 2007 ,Accepted 28 October 2007.

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 This study was supported by the grant NSC96-2320-B-087-001, Taiwan, ROC.

PII: S0883-5403(07)00634-1

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.10.029

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 468-474 , April 2009

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