Posttraumatic Perfusion Analysis of Quadriceps, Patellar, and Achilles Tendon Regeneration With Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Preliminary Results.
Christian FischerMatthias MiskaAndreas JungMatthias H MunkDaniel SaureGerhard SchmidmaierAndreas WeimerArash MoghaddamJulian DollPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
In this pilot study, DCE-US was able to visualize the microperfusion of healing tendons with a strong correlation with DCE-MRI. Our initial results are in favor of DCE-US as a potential quantitative imaging tool for evaluating the vascularization in tendon regeneration as a complementary method.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- diffusion weighted imaging
- total knee arthroplasty
- anterior cruciate ligament
- wound healing
- human health
- risk assessment
- climate change
- rotator cuff
- mass spectrometry