Hello, I am currently researching a spectral computed tomography system for medical applications. The system excels in delineating the elemental composition of materials, providing a 3D representation of the each element's distribution. This has shown excellent results in determining the composition of calcifications but I'm wondering what other diseases researchers are aware of that might benefit from this technique.
Tyler E. Curtis
Could you explain which kind of elements are discriminated?
May be Wilson disease, Hemocromatosis, Silicosis?
Marcos Celio De Almeida, Thanks for responding. The system can perform basic elemental analysis such as quantifying the amounts of calcium vs local iodine injection. It can also be calibrated to identify specific molecular combinations. It does particularly well with higher x-ray attenuations. Ideally concentrations of identified material would have a local concentration fluctuation of ~ 1 mg/ml.
Tyler E. Curtis
The elements that would be involved in examples I mentioned would copper, Iron and the compound silica.
Do you think this method could work in some of these cases?
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