Contact: John Blair
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Phantom Prototype

Caption: NIST prototype hip replacement "phantom" (l.) provides a precisely measured coordinate system and magnetic ball and socket joint to calibrate and to measure the clinically relevant performance of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery tracking instruments used in delicate operations to install artificial hip joints (r.).

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