Development and validation of a quantitative method for estimation of the urate burden in patients with gouty arthritis using dual-energy computed tomography.

Objectives: To develop a method that allows approximating the mass of monosodium uric acid (MSU) in a gouty tophus using phantom measurements and including tophus density into the calculation of the dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) tophus volumetry.Methods: We prepared specimens of different c...

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Publicado en:European Radiology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 404 - 413
Autores principales: Kotlyarov, Maximilian, Hermann, Kay Geert A., Mews, Jürgen, Hamm, Bernd, Diekhoff, Torsten
Formato: diagnostic images equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2020
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