Assessment of thoracic disc degeneration using dual-energy CT-based collagen maps.
Simon BernatzAlexander Tom HoppeLeon David GruenewaldVitali KochSimon S MartinLara EngelskirchenIvana RadicGiuseppe BucoloJennifer GottaPhilipp ReschkeRenate M HammerstinglJan-Erik ScholtzTatjana Gruber-RouhKatrin EichlerThomas J VoglChristian BoozIbrahim YelScherwin MahmoudiPublished in: European radiology experimental (2024)
A total of 612 intervertebral discs across 51 patients were retrospectively assessed with DECT, using MRI as a reference standard. DECT-based collagen maps allowed thoracic disc degeneration assessment achieving an overall 81% accuracy with good interrater agreement (ICC = 0.89). DECT-based collagen maps could be a good alternative in the case of contraindications to MRI.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- spinal cord
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- wound healing
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- tissue engineering
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- spinal cord injury
- patient reported outcomes