Visual detection of cortical breaks in hand joints: reliability and validity of high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT compared to microCT.

Andrea ScharmgaM PetersA van TubergenJ van den BerghJ de JongD LoeffenB van RietbergenR WeijersP Geusens

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2016)

Cortical breaks were commonly visualized in MCP and PIP joints with HR-pQCT and μCT. Reliability of both HR-pQCT and μCT was fair to moderate. HR-pQCT was highly sensitive to detect cortical breaks with μCT as gold standard.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
high resolution
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
fluorescent probe
living cells