ReviewLa Radiologia medica2019
The application of dual-energy computed tomography in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders: a review of current concepts and applications.
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- Toward the Application of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography with Virtual Non-Hydroxyapatite Color-Coded Maps to Identify Traumatic Fractures in Daily Emergency Settings.Journal of imaging · 2024Article
- Dual-energy CT applications in musculoskeletal disorders.The British journal of radiology · 2024Article
- The Clinical Utility of Lower Extremity Dual-Energy CT Angiography in the Detection of Bone Marrow Edema in Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Thoracic Diseases: Technique and Applications of Dual-Energy CT.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Advances in Bone Joint Imaging-Metal Artifact Reduction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging: state of the art and applications in whole-body imaging.Japanese journal of radiology · 2022Review
- T2-mapping MRI evaluation of patellofemoral cartilage in patients submitted to intra-articular platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections.La Radiologia medica · 2021Article
- Dual energy CT in gland tumors: a comprehensive narrative review and differential diagnosis.Gland surgery · 2020Review
- Multimodality advanced imaging and intervention in gland diseases.Gland surgery · 2020Article
- Anterior chest wall non-traumatic diseases: a road map for the radiologist.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2020Review
- Craniocervical junction involvement in musculoskeletal diseases: an area of close collaboration between rheumatologists and radiologists.La Radiologia medica · 2020Review
- [Diagnostic imaging and classification of proximal femoral and tibia fractures in adults].Der Radiologe · 2020Review
- Identification of bone marrow edema of the ankle: diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy CT in comparison with MRI.La Radiologia medica · 2019Article
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Abstract
With the assistance of innovations in scanner engineering and software design, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is an advanced imaging method that has been developed over the last decade. With its unique ability to differentiate materials by their atomic number, DECT has opened new perspectives in imaging. The principal advantages of DECT over conventional CT in the musculoskeletal setting relate to the additional information provided regarding tissue composition, artifact reduction and image optimization. In musculoskeletal imaging, uric acid material decomposition images can help identify articular deposition of uric acid crystals (in addition to the detection of uric acid renal stones). Material separation can also help detect bone marrow edema on CT in the case of trauma, algoneurodystrophy, inflammation (osteitis) or malignant bone marrow infiltrates, such as metastases. DECT also offers means to reduce the radiation exposure of patients by replacing multiphase exams with more specific single acquisitions. The first part of this article reviews the basic principles and technical aspects of DECT. The second part focuses on applications of DECT to musculoskeletal imaging including that of gout and other crystal-induced arthropathies, virtual non-calcium images for the study of bone marrow lesions, the study of collagenous structures, as well as the detection of hemosiderin and metal particles.
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