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. 2018 Dec 1;7(11):609–619. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.711.BJR-2018-0080.R1

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graphic file with name bonejointres-07-609-g005.jpg — Segmental induction heating of hip stem centre. a) A thermal image from a thermal camera showing selective heating. The vertical lines have 1 cm spacing. b) A graph showing thermal dose in CEM43 at several distances from the heating centre (HC). The dashed line represents 16 CEM43, the threshold for necrosis of bone. c) A graph showing the temperature at several distances from the HC during the segmental induction heating and thereafter. Dashed lines indicate distal direction.