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. 2019 Dec 29;10(1):15. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10010015

Table 1.

Mechanical properties of materials involved in the CT scan analysis and segmentation of Case 1 [16,17].

Components Materials Elastic Modulus (MPa) Density Hounsfield Unit (HU) Values
Cortical bone Cortical bone 17,300 1.6–2 g/mm3
(porosity 10%)
1500
Cancellous bone Cancellous bone 400 0.05–0.3 g/mm3
(porosity 70%)
200–700
Femoral prosthesis (Osteonics, Omnifit, Stryker) Titanium alloy + Hidroxyapatite 110,600 4.43 g/cm3 3071
Acetabular cup (Osteonics, Omnifit, Stryker) Titanium alloy + Hidroxyapatite 110,600 4.43 g/cm3 3071
Acetabular revision cup (Delta Revision TT, Lima) Trabecular Titanium 8963 4.43 g/cm3
(porosity 60%)
2840–3071
Screws Titanium alloy 110,600 4.43 g/cm3 3071
Polyethilene insert Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene 1500 0.93 g/cm3 19–53
Metallic femoral head Cobalt–chromium alloy 230,000 8.2 g/cm3 3071
Ceramic femoral head Alumina 350,000 4.1 g/cm3 3071