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Jie Chen1, Patria A Hume1,2,3,4, Hannah Wyatt2,5

  • 1Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
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