Dual-Energy-CT for Osteitis and Fat Lesions in Axial Spondyloarthritis: How Feasible Is Low-Dose Scanning?
Dominik DeppeKatharina ZiegelerKay Geert A HermannFabian ProftDenis PoddubnyyFelix RadnyMarcus R MakowskiMaximilian MuhleTorsten DiekhoffPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
: In our study, low-dose DECT failed to detect osteitis or fatty lesions in patients with suspected axSpA. Thus, we conclude that higher radiation might be needed for DECT-based bone marrow analysis.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- low dose
- computed tomography
- bone marrow
- image quality
- high dose
- contrast enhanced
- mesenchymal stem cells
- adipose tissue
- ankylosing spondylitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- fatty acid
- positron emission tomography
- disease activity
- magnetic resonance
- electron microscopy
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus