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Karsten Sebastian Luetkens is a leading researcher in advanced musculoskeletal imaging, with a primary focus on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for extremity and joint assessment. His work centers on the development and optimization of twin robotic, gantry-free CBCT systems, which offer unprecedented flexibility for three-dimensional imaging of the appendicular skeleton. Luetkens has made major contributions to metal artifact reduction, dose optimization, and the clinical application of CBCT in trauma and post-surgical follow-up. His studies have demonstrated the potential of these systems to overcome traditional limitations of gantry-based multidetector CT, such as patient positioning challenges and artifact interference from osteosynthetic implants. With several papers garnering over a dozen citations each, his research on acute elbow trauma and ultra-high-resolution imaging has been particularly influential. Notable achievements include pioneering the "one-stop-shop" CT arthrography of the wrist without subject repositioning, and exploring upright tomosynthesis of the lumbar spine to capture physiological load-bearing. Luetkens' work is shaping the future of point-of-care, low-dose, high-resolution musculoskeletal imaging.