Development of a system to assess the two- and three-dimensional bone mineral density of the lumbar vertebrae from clinical quantitative CT images.

Keisuke UemuraTakahito FujimoriYoshito OtakeYuga ShimomotoSotaro KonoKazuma TakashimaHidetoshi HamadaShota TakenakaTakashi KaitoYoshinobu SatoNobuhiko SuganoSeiji Okada

Published in: Archives of osteoporosis (2023)

Compared with L1-vBMD and CT-vBMD, CT-aBMD could accurately predict DXA-BMD and detect patients with osteoporosis. Given that our method can quantify BMD in both two and three dimensions, it could be used to screen for osteoporosis from quantitative CT images.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
dual energy
postmenopausal women
image quality
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
body composition
positron emission tomography
deep learning
convolutional neural network
high resolution
optical coherence tomography
minimally invasive
high throughput