Vertebral bone attenuation on low-dose chest CT: quantitative volumetric analysis for bone fragility assessment.

Y W KimJ H KimS H YoonJ H LeeC-H LeeC S ShinYoung Sik Park

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2016)

LDCT-measured bone attenuation by volumetric methods showed good correlation with BMD measured by DXA and good diagnostic performance for identifying bone fragility.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
low dose
postmenopausal women
bone loss
body composition
soft tissue
bone regeneration
computed tomography
high resolution
magnetic resonance
positron emission tomography
data analysis