Radiography of soft tissue of the foot and ankle with diffraction enhanced imaging
| Autor: | Zhong Zhong, Carol Muehleman, Charles Peterfy, R.H. Lidtke, Jun Li, Elmira Aliyeva, Klaus E. Kuettner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiography Connective tissue Adipose tissue Tendons X-Ray Diffraction medicine Humans Musculoskeletal System Ligaments medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Foot Cartilage Ultrasound Soft tissue Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Original Articles Radiographic Image Enhancement medicine.anatomical_structure Adipose Tissue Connective Tissue Hallux Radiology Ankle business Biomedical engineering |
| Popis: | Non-calcified tissues, including tendons, ligaments, adipose tissue and cartilage, are not visible, for any practical purposes, with conventional X-ray imaging. Therefore, any pathological changes in these tissues generally necessitate detection through magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound technology. Until recently the development of an X-ray imaging technique that could detect both bone and soft tissues seemed unrealistic. However, the introduction of diffraction enhanced X-ray imaging (DEI) which is capable of rendering images with absorption, refraction and scatter rejection qualities has allowed detection of specific soft tissues based on small differences in tissue densities. Here we show for the first time that DEI allows high contrast imaging of soft tissues, including ligaments, tendons and adipose tissue, of the human foot and ankle. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 94(3): 315–322, 2004) |
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