Visualizing patterns of intervertebral disc damage with dual-energy computed tomography: assessment of diagnostic accuracy in an ex vivo spine biophantom.

Julian Pohlan Carsten StelbrinkNiklas TuttleFelix KubickaHo Jung KwonPaul JahnkeFriedemann GoehlerOlivia KershawAchim D GruberMatthias PumbergerTorsten Diekhoff

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2021)

DECT reliably identified IVD damage in an ex vivo biophantom. Clinical examples of patients with different lesions illustrate the accurate depiction of IVD microstructure. These data emphasize the diagnostic potential of DECT cMaps.

Keyphrases

dual energy
computed tomography
oxidative stress
image quality
positron emission tomography
white matter
contrast enhanced
electronic health record
high resolution
big data
human health
risk assessment
deep learning
mass spectrometry