@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00078034,
 author = {Kikuchi , Shunsuke and Mikami, Katsuhiro and Nakashima, Daisuke and Kitamura, Toshiyuki and Hasegawa, Noboru and Nishikino, Masaharu and Kanaji, Arihiko and Nakamura, Masaya and Nagura, Takeo and Toshiyuki, Kitamura and Noboru, Hasegawa and Masaharu, Nishikino},
 issue = {22},
 journal = {sensors},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {Artificial joint acetabular cup stability is essential for successful total hip arthroplasty. However, no quantitative evaluation approach exists. We developed a resonance frequency analysis (RFA) system involving a laser system that is fully contactless. This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of laser RFA for evaluating acetabular cup stability. In this study, the acetabular cup was press-fitted into a reamed polyurethane cavity that replicated the human acetabular roof. The implanted acetabular cup was vibrated with pulse laser irradiation and the induced vibration was detected with a laser Doppler vibrometer. The time domain signal from the vibrometer was analysed by fast Fourier transform to obtain the vibration frequency spectrum. After laser RFA, the pull-down force of the acetabular cup was measured as conventional implant fixation strength. The frequency of the first highest amplitude between 2 kHz and 6 kHz was considered as the resonance peak frequency, and its relationship with the pull-down force was assessed. The peak frequency could predict the pull-down force (R2 = 0.859, P < 0.000). The finite element method was additionally used to assess vibration patterns, and five patterns were detected. Our findings suggest that laser RFA might be useful to measure acetabular cup stability during surgery.},
 title = {Laser resonance frequency analysis: A novel measurement approach to evaluate acetabular cup stability during surgery},
 volume = {19},
 year = {2019}
}