title: Weight-bearing CT imaging of the lower extremity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe weight-bearing CT of the lower extremity joints using a novel portable imager utilizing cone-beam CT technology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cone-beam CT technology with new design and flexible gantry movements allows both supine and weight-bearing imaging of the lower extremities, with a reasonable radiation dose and excellent image quality. Weight-bearing CT of joints can provide important new clinical information in musculoskeletal radiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Imaging Centre of Southwest Finland, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4, Turku FI-20520, Finland. esa.tuominen@iki.fi
authors.forename: Esa K J
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Tuominen
authors.forename: Jussi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kankare
authors.forename: Seppo K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Koskinen
authors.forename: Kimmo T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Mattila
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D016474:Weight-Bearing