Imaging gout: brought back to the forefront with dual-energy computed tomography

Autor:	Daniel J Hou, Savvas Nicolaou
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Monosodium urate medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Nuclear medicine business medicine.disease Biomedical engineering Gout
Zdroj:	Imaging in Medicine. 1:119-121
ISSN:	1755-5205 1755-5191
DOI:	10.2217/iim.09.19
Popis:	chemical composition of tissues. DECT was ini‑ tially designed for the detection of uric acid renal calculi and was serendipitously expanded so this technique could be used to detect monosodium urate deposits in other body parts [5]. The con‑ cept behind DECT is based on the principle that compounds with different atomic weights will absorb the x‑ray beam by different degrees. The two different data sets are subsequently analyzed by specialized software that allows for accurate separation of materials from one another, in other words, monosodium urate from adjacent soft tissues and calcium.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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