University Medical Center Ulm
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Medicine
In Vivo Evaluation of Fracture Callus Development During Bone Healing in Mice Using an MRI-compatible Osteosynthesis Device for the Mouse Femur
Melanie Haffner-Luntzer 1, Fabian Müller-Graf 1,4, Romano Matthys 2, Alireza Abaei 3, René Jonas 1, Florian Gebhard 4, Volker Rasche *3, Anita Ignatius *1
1Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Ulm, 2RISystem, 3Core Facility Small Animal MRI, University Medical Center Ulm, 4Department of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Ulm
The evaluation of tissue development in the fracture callus during endochondral bone healing is essential to monitor the healing process. Here, we report the use of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-compatible external fixator for the mouse femur to allow MRI scans during bone regeneration in mice.
Medicine
Improved Registration of 3D CT Angiography with X-ray Fluoroscopy for Image Fusion During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Ina Vernikouskaya 1, Wolfgang Rottbauer 1, Julia Seeger 1, Birgid Gonska 1, Jochen Wöhrle *1, Volker Rasche *1
1Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, Ulm University Medical Center
The aim of this study was to improve the co-registration for image fusion (IF) of pre-interventional CT data with real-time x-ray (XR) fluoroscopy during transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
