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Research Article

A new method for the automatic mesh generation of bone segments from CT data

M. Viceconti Laboratorio di Tecnologia dei Materiali, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecn ologia dei Materiali, via di Barbiano 1/ 10, 40136 Bologn a, Italy.
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C. Zannoni C.I.N.E.C.A., Bologna, Italy
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D. Testi Laboratorio di Tecnologia dei Materiali, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecn ologia dei Materiali, via di Barbiano 1/ 10, 40136 Bologn a, Italy.
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A. Cappello D.E.I.S., Un iversity of Bologna, Bologn a, Italy
Pages 77-81 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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