[HTML][HTML] Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT): technical background and cardio-vascular applications

A Meloni, F Frijia, D Panetta, G Degiorgi, C De Gori… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) is a new advanced imaging technique that
is going to transform the standard clinical use of computed tomography (CT) imaging …

Cell-Interactive Gelatin-Based 19F MRI Tracers: An In Vitro Proof-of-Concept Study

K Kolouchova, O Groborz, V Herynek… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked gelatin-based hydrogels are highly promising cell-interactive, biocompatible,
and biodegradable materials serving tissue engineering. Moreover, gelatins with covalently …

In vivo dark-field radiography for early diagnosis and staging of pulmonary emphysema

K Hellbach, A Yaroshenko, FG Meinel… - Investigative …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of in vivo x-ray dark-field
radiography for early-stage diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema in mice. Furthermore, we …

Preclinical techniques to investigate exercise training in vascular pathophysiology

GS Sangha, CJ Goergen, SJ Prior… - American Journal …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Atherosclerosis is a dynamic process starting with endothelial dysfunction and inflammation
and eventually leading to life-threatening arterial plaques. Exercise generally improves …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental realisation of high-sensitivity laboratory X-ray grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography

L Birnbacher, M Willner, A Velroyen, M Marschner… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The possibility to perform high-sensitivity X-ray phase-contrast imaging with laboratory
grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography (gbPC-CT) setups is of great interest …

19F MRI In Vivo Monitoring of Gelatin-Based Hydrogels: 3D Scaffolds with Tunable Biodegradation toward Regenerative Medicine

K Kolouchova, V Herynek, O Groborz… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Gelatin-based hydrogels emerged as promising biodegradable cell-compatible 3D-printable
materials with tunable mechanical properties that serve tissue engineering and applications …

Whole heart detailed and quantitative anatomy, myofibre structure and vasculature from X-ray phase-contrast synchrotron radiation-based micro computed …

A Gonzalez-Tendero, C Zhang… - European Heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background While individual cardiac myocytes only have a limited ability to shorten, the
heart efficiently pumps a large volume-fraction thanks to a cell organization in a complex 3D …

Short-range order in mesoscale systems probed by X-ray grating interferometry

F Prade, A Yaroshenko, J Herzen, F Pfeiffer - Europhysics Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The dark-field signal obtained with X-ray grating interferometry combines the object's small-
angle scattering auto-correlation function with an imaging modality. Here we report on the …

High-spatial-resolution three-dimensional imaging of human spinal cord and column anatomy with postmortem X-ray phase-contrast micro-CT

GE Barbone, A Bravin, A Mittone, S Grosu, J Ricke… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Modern high-spatial-resolution radiologic methods enable increasingly detailed
volumetric postmortem investigations of human neuroanatomy for diagnostic, research, and …

AHA classification of coronary and carotid atherosclerotic plaques by grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography

H Hetterich, N Webber, M Willner, J Herzen… - European …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the potential of grating-based phase-contrast computed-tomography
(gb-PCCT) to classify human carotid and coronary atherosclerotic plaques according to …