Background: The common practice for insertion of distal locking screws of intramedullary nails is a freehand technique under fluoroscopic control. The process is technically demanding, time-consuming ...

Used for producing pasta, plastics, and more, extrusion is a widely used technique to combine and shape materials. Now, researchers report using twin-screw extrusion–where two solid reactants mix via ...

1. Automatic detection of two lens-shaped hole-projections from the image and extraction of significant landmarks from the hole contours. 2. Establishment of a virtual representation of the ...