AN AUTOMATED METHOD TO ESTIMATE FEMORAL SHAPE AND MINERAL MASS

Danilo Pietro Pau, Xinfeng Bao , Daniele Masala, Alberto Gnemmi, Rachel C. Entwistle, Dan Dragomir-Daescu

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