The data of calibrated CT-scans will be used for the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) analysis for SMR Short Stem in identified hospitals in EU and US as developers of the project and for further research, upon subject acceptance. In particular, the Quantitative Computer Tomography (QTC)/Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model of the assembly consisting of the shoulder and the orthopaedic implant allows detailed analyses including: * assessment of micromotion at the bone-implant interface, to predict osseointegration; * comparison of strains/stresses between the intact bone tissue and the bone with the implant in order to predict the stress shielding phenomenon.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
45
Clinicians are free to choose the adult subjects in whom a non-contrast calibrated CT-scan will be performed as a part of routine clinical care. The decision to order a noncontrast CT-scan of the shoulder must be made prior to, and independently from, the decision to enroll the patient.
SSM Health- DePaul
Bridgeton, Missouri, United States
Primary Endpoint: Collection of calibrated CT scans to obtain human imaging data to perform a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on a simulated surgery using a specific implant, as per clinical practice.
To perform the Finite Element Analysis (FEA), the following data will be requested: * Shoulder calibrated CT-scan * Date of calibrated CT-scan execution * Subject's year of birth * Subject's sex * Subject's weight * Subject's height * Subject's ethnicity
Time frame: <24 hours
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