Forschungsinfrastruktur

Vienna University of Technology

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Short Description

XtremeCT is specially designed to perform high-resolution pQCT studies at distal tibia and radius of humans for clinical in vivo assessment of osteoporosis. A low X-ray dose allows regular follow-up measurements and powerful true-3D evaluation software automatically matches cortical and trabecular bone regions to previous measurements for direct comparison of density and structure characteristics.

It can be also used in pre-clinical studies to scan large bone or bone-segments with a resolution of 82 microns.

Contact Person

Univ. Prof. Dr. Dieter Pahr, Univ. Prof. Dr. Philipp Thurner

Research Services

Distale Radius und Tibia Scans, Bildverarbeitung, Finite Elemente Analysen

Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure

TUW (Prof. Pahr): Verwendung für Kadaver Scans vom distalen Radius, proximalen Femur, Wirbelkörper für eine quantitative Auswertung hinsichtlich Morphologie sowie Verwendung für Computer Simulations Modellen (FEM).

MUW (Dr. Patsch): Scans und Befundung von distalen Radius in-vivo hinsichtlich verschiedenster Krankheitsbilder bzw. deren Auswirkungen auf die Osteoporose.

MUW (Prof. Langs): Struktur- und Texturanalysen.