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Current status of obstetric anaesthesia: improving satisfaction and safety.

Indian journal of anaesthesia

Ranasinghe JS, Birnbach D.
PMID: 20640111
Indian J Anaesth. 2009 Oct;53(5):608-17.

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in 2003 that although the maternal mortality rate has decreased by 99% since 1900, there has been no further decrease in the last two decades1. A more recent report...

Analysis and correction of bias induced by phase stepping jitter in grating-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging.

Optics express

De Marco F, Marschner M, Birnbacher L, Noël P, Herzen J, Pfeiffer F.
PMID: 29801307
Opt Express. 2018 May 14;26(10):12707-12722. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.012707.

Grating-based X-ray phase-contrast (gbPC) is an X-ray phase-contrast imaging method involving optical gratings that typically employs the Talbot self-imaging effect. X-ray phase contrast is known to provide significant benefits for biomedical imaging. To investigate these benefits for gbPC, a...

Accurate effective atomic number determination with polychromatic grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography.

Optics express

Birnbacher L, Willner M, Marschner M, Pfeiffer D, Pfeiffer F, Herzen J.
PMID: 30114766
Opt Express. 2018 Jun 11;26(12):15153-15166. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.015153.

The demand for quantitative medical imaging is increasing in the ongoing digitalization. Conventional computed tomography (CT) is energy-dependent and therefore of limited comparability. In contrast, dual-energy CT (DECT) allows for the determination of absolute image contrast quantities, namely the...

Delayed fenestration of Blake's pouch with or without vermian hypoplasia: fetal MRI at 3 tesla versus 1.5 tesla.

Cerebellum & ataxias

Kau T, Birnbacher R, Schwärzler P, Habernig S, Deutschmann H, Boltshauser E.
PMID: 30873288
Cerebellum Ataxias. 2019 Mar 05;6:4. doi: 10.1186/s40673-019-0098-1. eCollection 2019.

BACKGROUND: Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), mainly performed at standard field strength, plays a role in the classification of posterior fossa malformations. In the context of early second-trimester screening, upward rotation of the cerebellar vermis per se is usually...

High resolution laboratory grating-based X-ray phase-contrast CT.

Scientific reports

Viermetz M, Birnbacher L, Willner M, Achterhold K, Pfeiffer F, Herzen J.
PMID: 30367132
Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 26;8(1):15884. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33997-5.

The conventional form of computed tomography using X-ray attenuation without any contrast agents is of limited use for the characterization of soft tissue in many fields of medical and biological studies. Grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography (gbPC-CT) is a promising...

Two-shot X-ray dark-field imaging.

Optics express

Marschner M, Birnbacher L, Mechlem K, Noichl W, Fehringer A, Willner M, Scherer K, Herzen J, Noël PB, Pfeiffer F.
PMID: 27857430
Opt Express. 2016 Nov 14;24(23):27032-27045. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.027032.

In this article, we report on a novel acquisition scheme for time- and dose-saving retrieval of dark-field data in grating-based phase-contrast imaging. In comparison to currently available techniques, the proposed approach only requires two phase steps. More importantly, our...

A patient safety course for preclinical medical students.

The clinical teacher

Shekhter I, Rosen L, Sanko J, Everett-Thomas R, Fitzpatrick M, Birnbach D.
PMID: 23167880
Clin Teach. 2012 Dec;9(6):376-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00592.x.

BACKGROUND: We developed a course to introduce incoming third-year medical students to the subject of patient safety, to focus their attention on teamwork and communication, and to create an awareness of patient-safe practices that will positively impact their performance...

Tilted grating phase-contrast computed tomography using statistical iterative reconstruction.

Scientific reports

Birnbacher L, Viermetz M, Noichl W, Allner S, Fehringer A, Marschner M, von Teuffenbach M, Willner M, Achterhold K, Noël PB, Koehler T, Herzen J, Pfeiffer F.
PMID: 29700372
Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 26;8(1):6608. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25075-7.

Grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography (GBPC-CT) enables increased soft tissue differentiation, but often suffers from streak artifacts when performing high-sensitivity GBPC-CT of biomedical samples. Current GBPC-CT setups consist of one-dimensional gratings and hence allow to measure only the differential phase-contrast...

Electron Density of Adipose Tissues Determined by Phase-Contrast Computed Tomography Provides a Measure for Mitochondrial Density and Fat Content.

Frontiers in physiology

Birnbacher L, Maurer S, Scheidt K, Herzen J, Pfeiffer F, Fromme T.
PMID: 29962958
Front Physiol. 2018 Jun 15;9:707. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00707. eCollection 2018.

Phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) is an X-ray-based imaging method measuring differences in the refractive index during tissue passage. While conventional X-ray techniques rely on the absorption of radiation due to differing tissue-specific attenuation coefficients, PCCT enables the determination of...

X-ray dark-field radiography for in situ gout diagnosis by means of an ex vivo animal study.

Scientific reports

Scholz J, Roiser N, Braig EM, Petrich C, Birnbacher L, Andrejewski J, Kimm MA, Sauter A, Busse M, Korbel R, Herzen J, Pfeiffer D.
PMID: 34561476
Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 24;11(1):19021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98151-0.

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in peripheral joints and tissue. Detection of MSU crystals is essential for definitive diagnosis, however the gold standard is an invasive...

Low-dose, phase-contrast mammography with high signal-to-noise ratio.

Biomedical optics express

Gromann LB, Bequé D, Scherer K, Willer K, Birnbacher L, Willner M, Herzen J, Grandl S, Hellerhoff K, Sperl JI, Pfeiffer F, Cozzini C.
PMID: 26977347
Biomed Opt Express. 2016 Jan 07;7(2):381-91. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.000381. eCollection 2016 Feb 01.

Differential phase-contrast X-ray imaging using a Talbot-Lau interferometer has recently shown promising results for applications in medical imaging. However, reducing the applied radiation dose remains a major challenge. In this study, we consider the realization of a Talbot-Lau interferometer...

Hard X-ray phase-contrast tomography of non-homogeneous specimens: grating interferometry versus propagation-based imaging.

Journal of synchrotron radiation

Ruiz-Yaniz M, Zanette I, Sarapata A, Birnbacher L, Marschner M, Chabior M, Olbinado M, Pfeiffer F, Rack A.
PMID: 27577776
J Synchrotron Radiat. 2016 Sep 01;23:1202-9. doi: 10.1107/S1600577516009164. Epub 2016 Jul 26.

X-ray phase-contrast imaging is an effective approach to drastically increase the contrast and sensitivity of microtomographic techniques. Numerous approaches to depict the real part of the complex-valued refractive index of a specimen are nowadays available. A comparative study using...

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