3D grating-based X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography for high-resolution quantitative assessment of cartilage: An experimental feasibility study with 3T MRI, 7T MRI and biomechanical correlation.

<h4>Objective</h4>Aim of this study was, to demonstrate the feasibility of high-resolution grating-based X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) for quantitative assessment of cartilage.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>In an experimental setup, 12 osteochondral samples w...

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Main Authors: Julia Herzen, Dimitrios C Karampinos, Peter Foehr, Lorenz Birnbacher, Manuel Viermetz, Rainer Burgkart, Thomas Baum, Fabian Lohoefer, Moritz Wildgruber, Franz Schilling, Marian Willner, Mathias Marschner, Peter B Noël, Ernst J Rummeny, Franz Pfeiffer, Pia M Jungmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212106