OBJECTIVE
To investigate changes of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters (mean apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC], fractional anisotropy [FA], and first eigenvector) with increasing… (More)
PURPOSE
To assess the use of diffusion-tensor (DT) imaging of articular cartilage to detect and grade early cartilage damage in human specimens with early signs of cartilage damage.
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This study evaluates high-resolution tomographic x-ray phase-contrast imaging in whole human knee joints for the depiction of soft tissue with emphasis on hyaline cartilage. The method is… (More)
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology…
2011
To investigate the relationship of the different diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters (ADC, FA, and first eigenvector (EV)) to the constituents (proteoglycans and collagen), the zonal… (More)
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Phase-contrast imaging is a novel X-ray based technique that provides enhanced soft tissue contrast. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of visualizing human carotid… (More)
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Early research in phase-contrast imaging indicates that substantial higher soft-tissue contrast resolution can be obtained compared with conventional absorption radiography. In the present… (More)
J. G. Raya, G. Melkus, S. Adam-Neumair, O. Dietrich, M. F. Reiser, P. Jakob, and C. Glaser Josef Lissner Laboratory for Biomedial Imaging, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Deparment of… (More)
BACKGROUND
Tissue characterization of atherosclerosis by absorption-based imaging methods is limited due to low soft-tissue contrast. Grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography (PC-CT) may… (More)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2012
In early stages of various pulmonary diseases, such as emphysema and fibrosis, the change in X-ray attenuation is not detectable with absorption-based radiography. To monitor the morphological… (More)
PURPOSE
To evaluate the potential of phase-contrast computed tomography (CT) for atherosclerotic plaque imaging in human carotid arteries in an experimental ex vivo study.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The… (More)