Applications of phase contrast radiography in articular cartilage image.

• Grant number: 09/04339-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: February 28, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Manuel Giles Antunez de Mayolo
• Grantee: Thaís Diniz de Souza
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to develop and apply the phase contrast x-ray radiography to the study of articular cartilage diseases. The methods employed will be the diffraction enhanced imaging method and the propagation method using a microfocus x-ray source in the crystallography laboratory at UNICAMP as well as a DEI technique at the XRD2 LNLS beamline. Initially the samples used will be in vitro specimens from animals obtained from other institutes of UNICAMP. In particular our aim is to study the feasibility of implementing this technique in clinical trials related to osteoartrites diseases.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SOUZA, Thaís Diniz de. Applications of phase contrast radiography in articular cartilage image. 2011. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.