Evaluation of patients with painful total hip arthroplasty using combined single photon emission tomography and conventional computerized tomography (SPECT/CT) - a comparison of semi-quantitative versus 3D volumetric quantitative measurements.

Emilienne BarthassatFaik AfifiPraveen KonalaHelmut RaschMichael Tobias Hirschmann

Published in: BMC medical imaging (2017)

The SPECT/CT algorithm for assessment of patients with pain after THA is highly reliable independent from the measurement method used. Three clinically relevant anatomical regions (proximal femoral, distal femoral, acetabular) were identified.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
pet ct
high resolution
chronic pain
positron emission tomography
machine learning
deep learning
neuropathic pain
magnetic resonance imaging
total knee arthroplasty
total hip
spinal cord injury
mass spectrometry
solid state