Benefit of weight-bearing CT - what have we learned from more than 8,000 scans at a foot and ankle center:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

MartinusRichter¹ 

关键词: Weight-bearing CT (WBCT);    Radiation Dose;    Time Spent;    Cost Efectiveness;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00401

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:OtherIntroduction/Purpose:Weight-bearing CT (WBCT) has been proven to allow for more precise and valid measurement of bone position than conventional weight-bearing radiographs (R) and conventional CT without weight-bearing (CT). Time spent for image acquisition has been shown to be lower for WBCT than for R and CT2. Radiation dose for WBCT has been shown to be lower for WBCT than for CT. A WBCT device (PedCAT, Curvebeam, Warrington, PA, USA) had been brought on line July 1, 2013 in the first author´s foot and ankle department. The purpose of this study was to assess the benefit of using WBCT instead of R and/or CT in a foot and ankle center regarding time spent for image acquisition, radiation dose, disturbances, and cost effectiveness.Methods:All patients who obtained WBCT July 1, 2013 until December 31, 2017 were included in the study. Age, sex and primary pathology were analyzed. The time spent for image acquisition (T) was calculated based on an analysis of a previous study as follows: R (bi...

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