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Van de Giessen, M. (author)Carpal instability occurs when the wrist bones assume a pathological posture, e.g. due to ligament rupture as a result of trauma. Ligament rupture cannot be diagnosed reliably directly, as current medical imaging modalities do not provide sufficient soft-tissue contrast (X-ray, CT) or lack a sufficiently high resolution (CT, MRI). Ligament...doctoral thesis 2011