CT arthrography can be used to quantitatively measure cartilage quality in human knees, but can the dose of radiation used in the scans be reduced? This study tested a range of radiation doses (81.33–8.13 mGy) for scanning cadaveric knee joints and found that cartilage quality could be assessed using a reduced radiation dose; however, for determination of spatial sGAG distribution a higher radiation dose was required.
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Van Tiel, J. et al. CT arthrography of the human knee to measure cartilage quality with low radiation dose. Osteoarthritis Cartilage doi:10.1016/j.joca.2012.03.007
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Measuring cartilage quality with CT arthrography. Nat Rev Rheumatol 8, 306 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2012.73
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