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...
| Publicado en: | European Radiology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 404 - 413 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | diagnostic images equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jan2020
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