TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of rheumatoid arthritis in finger joints by sagittal optical tomography
AU - Netz, Uwe
AU - Beuthan, Jürgen
AU - Cappius, Hans Joachim
AU - Koch, Hans Christian
AU - Klose, Alexander D.
AU - Hielscher, Andreas H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by “National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases” (NIAMS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA, under grant no. R01-AR-46255-01.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In early stages of rheumatoid arthritis some changes in joints arise due to an inflammatory process. In the case of transillumination with near infrared light these changes affect the radiation transport in joints. We performed first numerical simulations for a basic approach of a sagittal optical tomographic imaging method that led to promising results. For this purpose, the optical properties of the different tissue types in joints were measured and NMR images were used for geometrical model development and visualisation of rheumatoid arthritis.
AB - In early stages of rheumatoid arthritis some changes in joints arise due to an inflammatory process. In the case of transillumination with near infrared light these changes affect the radiation transport in joints. We performed first numerical simulations for a basic approach of a sagittal optical tomographic imaging method that led to promising results. For this purpose, the optical properties of the different tissue types in joints were measured and NMR images were used for geometrical model development and visualisation of rheumatoid arthritis.
KW - Finger joint
KW - Optical tomography
KW - Rheumatoid arthritis
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U2 - 10.1078/1615-1615-00036
DO - 10.1078/1615-1615-00036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035163131
SN - 1615-1615
VL - 16
SP - 306
EP - 310
JO - Medical Laser Application
JF - Medical Laser Application
IS - 4
ER -