OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the emerging field of opportunistic CT,
which can be used to screen patients for osteoporosis and sarcopenia. CONCLUSION …

Purpose Fully automated CT-based algorithms for quantifying bone, muscle, and fat have
been validated for unenhanced abdominal scans. The purpose of this study was to …

Abdominal computed tomography (CT) is a widely performed examination, with many
indications. Assessment of bone, fat, and muscle on abdominal CT can be performed in a …

Osteoporosis and sarcopenia represent two major health problems with an increasing
prevalence in the elderly population. The correlation between these diseases has been …

Abstract Purpose of Review Osteoporosis is disproportionately common in rheumatology
patients. For the past three decades, the diagnosis of osteoporosis has benefited from well …

Radiologic tests often contain rich imaging data not relevant to the clinical indication.
Opportunistic screening refers to the practice of systematically leveraging these incidental …

Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak, porous and fracture more easily. While a
vertebral fracture is the archetypal fracture of osteoporosis, it is also the most difficult to …

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical opportunities for the use
of computed tomography (CT) imaging for inferring bone quality and to critically analyze the …

CT-based opportunistic skeletal assessment complements current osteoporosis diagnosis.
Quantitative assessment by internal density calibration overcomes the limitations of phantom …

Objectives To compare spinal bone measures derived from automatic and manual
assessment in routine CT with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in their association …