Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT-scan assessing the vertebral density in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Julia Perrier-CornetA Y OmorouM FaunyD LoeuilleI Chary-ValckenaerePublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)
CT offers a combined opportunistic screening for osteoporosis by assessing both vertebral fractures and bone density on routine CT-scans. This approach may be particularly interesting for RA patients with a high osteoporosis risk.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- postmenopausal women
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- body composition
- disease activity
- positron emission tomography
- rheumatoid arthritis
- magnetic resonance
- clinical practice
- rectal cancer
- ankylosing spondylitis
- systemic sclerosis
- bone loss