Abbreviations

A_f

Austenite finish temperature

AISI

American Iron and Steel Institute

AO/ASIF

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefrage/Association for the Study of Internal Fixation

A_s

Austenite start temperature

B.Ar

Bone area

B.Pm

Bone perimeter

BMC

Bone mineral content

BMD

Bone mineral density

Ct.Ar

Cortical bone area

CtBMD

Cortical bone mineral density

Ct.Wi

Cortical bone width

FB

Fibroblast

FDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

FESEM

Field emission scanning electron microscopy

GFAAS

Graphite furnace atomic adsorption spectrometry

ICP-AES

Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry

LVM

Low vacuum melted

M_d

Highest temperature to strain-induced martensite

M_f

Martensite finish

M_s

Martensite start

Ni

Nickel

NiTi

Nickel-titanium shape memory alloy (also Nitinol)

N.Wo.B

New woven bone

OB

Osteoblast

OC

Osteoclast

pQCT

Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

RAP

Regional acceleratory phenomenon

StSt

Stainless steel alloy

Ti

Titanium

Ti-6Al-4V

Titanium - aluminum (6%) - vanadium (4%) alloy

TTR

Transition temperature