Photon-counting in dual-contrast-enhanced computed tomography: a proof-of-concept quantitative biomechanical assessment of articular cartilage
Petri Paakkari, Satu I Inkinen, Ali Mohammadi, Miika T Nieminen, Anisha Joenathan, Mark W Grinstaff, Juha Töyräs, Janne T A Mäkelä, Juuso T J Honkanen · 2024
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Petri Paakkari and co-authors test a new CT method for measuring cartilage quality in a 2024 proof-of-concept study. The method uses photon-counting detectors and two contrast agents at once. One agent is charged and iodine-based, the other is a neutral gadolinium agent.
The team tracked how both agents spread into cow cartilage samples over seventy-two hours. They compared the maps with standard dual-energy CT. If two agents can be read separately in one scan, doctors could one day judge both cartilage structure and its mechanical health from a single exam.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Petri Paakkari, Satu I Inkinen, Ali Mohammadi, Miika T Nieminen, Anisha Joenathan, Mark W Grinstaff, Juha Töyräs, Janne T A Mäkelä, Juuso T J Honkanen |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |