Ultrasonography and dual-energy computed tomography provide different quantification of urate burden in gout: results from a cross-sectional study

Tristan Pascart,Agathe Grandjean,Laurène Norberciak,Vincent Ducoulombier,Marguerite Motte,H. Luraschi,M. Vandecandelaere,Catherine Godart,Eric Houvenagel,Nasser Namane,Jean-François Budzik

Ultrasonography and dual-energy computed tomography provide different quantification of urate burden in gout: results from a cross-sectional study

2017

Tristan Pascart
Agathe Grandjean
Laurène Norberciak
Vincent Ducoulombier
Marguerite Motte
H. Luraschi
M. Vandecandelaere
Catherine Godart
Eric Houvenagel
Nasser Namane
Jean-François Budzik

Background Ultrasonography (US) and dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) can assess urate burden in gout. The objective of this study was to compare the quantification of urate deposition provided by US to the one provided by DECT.

Keywords:

Gout
Tophus
Dual-Energy Computed Tomography
Radiology
Computed tomography
Cross-sectional study
Ultrasonography
Medicine
Urate deposition
Uric acid

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