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  1. Centre for Disability Research and Innovation, Institute of Orthopaedics & Musculo-Skeletal Science, University College London, RNOH, Trust Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK

    Martin Ferguson-Pell

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  1. Department of Engineering & IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Dan L. Bader PhD, DSc

  2. Biomedical Engineering Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, P/O Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Carlijn V.C. Bouten PhD  & Cees W.J. Oomens PhD  & 

  3. Rehabilitation Hospital, Centre de l’Arche, 72650, Saint Saturnin, Le Mans, France

    Denis Colin MD (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Ferguson-Pell, M. (2005). Imaging Tissues for Pressure Ulcer Prevention. In: Bader, D.L., Bouten, C.V., Colin, D., Oomens, C.W. (eds) Pressure Ulcer Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28804-X_17

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