Advances in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There has been tremendous progress in the development of novel imaging technologies in relation to musculoskeletal radiology. Most notably, artificial intelligence (AI) and GenerativeAI have become front-and-centre topics in musculoskeletal research, with great potential for clinical applications, such as accelerated MRI imaging, synthetic MRI, quantitative imaging, lesion detection, and recognition. Accelerated MRI imaging has proven to be successful in expediting MRI imaging, resulting in shorter imaging times. Cartilage compositional, quantitative and qualitative imaging discoveries have played a key role in advancing osteoarthritis research and therapeutics. New frontiers in musculoskeletal imaging have emerged over the past decade. Synchrotron technology has significantly evolved, allowing innovative methods to emerge in imaging, such as MicroCT, Phase Contrast CT, Quantitative Dual Energy CT (QDECT), K-Edge Subtraction, and Micro-X-Ray Fluoroscopy. Extensive research into musculoskeletal tumour imaging has shown promising developments in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), which can assist in distinguishing benign and malignant soft tissue tumours. Robotic telesonography has revolutionised musculoskeletal ultrasound, allowing remote ultrasound scans to be performed in challenging circumstances, such as remote and rural locations or when physical isolation is mandated.
The scope of this Special Issue is to inform and update readers with the recent advances in musculoskeletal radiology through high-quality and ground-breaking research studies.
Dr. Haron Obaid
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- musculoskeletal
- MRI
- synchrotron, artificial intelligence
- ultrasound
- robotics
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