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Weight Bearing Computed Tomography Devices

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Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (WBCT) in the Foot and Ankle

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The necessity for weight bearing computed tomography (CT) devices has already been demonstrated in the mid-1990s. Initial reports presented the benefits of simulated weight-bearing CT scans of the foot and ankle to understand foot and ankle pathologies. Despite these important findings, limitations regarding patient positioning, amount of load, and a high radiation dose were inevitable. This advocated the development towards the weight bearing CT devices currently used in clinical practice. These will be presented and discussed in the present chapter.

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Burssens, A. (2020). Weight Bearing Computed Tomography Devices. In: Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (WBCT) in the Foot and Ankle. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31949-6_20

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