Selección de un sistema para vertebroplastia aplicando un proceso analítico jerarquizado

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  • Mario Márquez Miranda
  • Roque Ferreyro Irigoyen
  • Álvaro J. Mendoza Jasso

Abstract

 

This work illustrates an application of a multi-criteria decision methodology, known as the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), with the aim of selecting a percutaneous vertebroplasty system, in order to guarantee a suitable and practical solution to a problem in biomedical engineering. This process of AHP is about assigning relative “weights” to those different alternatives when solving a specific problem, this being influenced by objective and subjective criteria, which are originated by the individuals participating in solving the problem; in considering the last, a better solution for a vertebroplasty system is arrived at, allowing to make decisions with high probability of success. Two complex problems related with vertebroplasty are taken into account: on the one hand, the capacity of injecting a biomaterial, the polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA), in the vertebral spongy bone; on the other hand, to set apart the physician to a safe distance from the system to avoid over-exposure to ionizing radiation. Other criteria like ergonomics, lifetime and price are examined.

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2005-03-15

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Márquez Miranda, M., Ferreyro Irigoyen, R., & Mendoza Jasso, Álvaro J. (2005). Selección de un sistema para vertebroplastia aplicando un proceso analítico jerarquizado. Revista Mexicana De Ingenieria Biomedica, 26(1), 44–51. Retrieved from http://rmib.mx/index.php/rmib/article/view/248

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