Study Group: High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography

Coordinator(s)

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  STEPHANIE FINZEL, MD

  University Clinic of Freiburg, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
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  Sarah Manske, PhD

  University of Calgary

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss methodological and technical issues of implementation of quantitative computed tomography faced by current or future HR-pQCT users
• Review the validation status of the technique in new areas, such as osteophytes, vessel channels and diseases other than rheumatoid arthritis
• Discuss technical and computational questions about HR-pQCT informed by expert users