title: A stereophotogrammetric method for measurements of ligament structure.
abstract: A stereophotogrammetric method is presented to reconstruct the course of a curve in the three-dimensional space. This method is exclusively suitable as a non-destructive tool to determine the surface fiberstructure of ligaments, tendons and other organised collagenous structures. In addition, it is a convenient tool to measure the geometry of articular surfaces and other complicated surface shapes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huiskes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kauer
mesh_terms: D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000032:analysis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008433:Mathematics; D010780:Photogrammetry / Q000379:methods; D013977:Tibia / Q000033:anatomy & histology