The Missouri Bone & Joint Research Foundation has used their ZoomSurf 3D platform for several research projects, including the analysis of femoral heads retrieved from total hip replacement revision surgeries.  This image illustrates the surface of yttria oxide-stabilized zirconia ceramic after nine years in vivo.  Roughness increased by an order of magnitude due to tetragonal-to-monoclinic phase transformation, which may have caused increased wear of its polyethylene counterface.  In contrast, magnesia oxide-stabilized zirconia does not exhibit phase transformation or increased surface roughness in vivo.

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