Measurement techniques and utility of Hounsfield unit values for assessment of bone quality prior to spinal instrumentation: a review of current literature

Q Zaidi, OA Danisa, W Cheng - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A systematic review. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
clinical utility of assessing bone quality using computed tomography (CT) attenuation in …

X-ray-based quantitative osteoporosis imaging at the spine

MT Löffler, N Sollmann, K Mei, A Valentinitsch… - Osteoporosis …, 2020 - Springer
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease with a high prevalence that affects the population
worldwide, particularly the elderly. It is often due to fractures associated with bone fragility …

Phantomless calibration of CT scans for measurement of BMD and bone strength—inter-operator reanalysis precision

DC Lee, PF Hoffmann, DL Kopperdahl, TM Keaveny - Bone, 2017 - Elsevier
Patient-specific phantomless calibration of computed tomography (CT) scans has the
potential to simplify and expand the use of pre-existing clinical CT for quantitative bone …

Clinical use of opportunistic computed tomography screening for osteoporosis

PA Anderson, DW Polly, NC Binkley, PJ Pickhardt - JBJS, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Clinical Use of Opportunistic Computed Tomography Screening... : JBJS Clinical Use of
Opportunistic Computed Tomography Screening for Osteoporosis : JBJS JBJS Journal Case …

Calibration with or without phantom for fracture risk prediction in cancer patients with femoral bone metastases using CT-based finite element models

F Eggermont, N Verdonschot, Y van der Linden… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The objective of this study was to develop a new calibration method that enables calibration
of Hounsfield units (HU) to bone mineral densities (BMD) without the use of a calibration …

Bone mineral density values derived from routine lumbar spine multidetector row CT predict osteoporotic vertebral fractures and screw loosening

BJ Schwaiger, AS Gersing, T Baum… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Established methods of assessing bone mineral density
are associated with additional radiation exposure to the patient. In this study, we aimed to …

Thoracic quantitative computed tomography (QCT) can sensitively monitor bone mineral metabolism: comparison of thoracic QCT vs lumbar QCT and dual-energy X …

SS Mao, D Li, YS Syed, Y Gao, Y Luo, F Flores… - Academic radiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objective Sensitive detection of bone mineral density (BMD) change is a key
issue to monitor and evaluate the individual bone health status, as well as bone metabolism …

Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using computed tomography: state of the art and argument for paradigm shift

L Lenchik, AA Weaver, RJ Ward, JM Boone… - Current rheumatology …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Osteoporosis is disproportionately common in rheumatology
patients. For the past three decades, the diagnosis of osteoporosis has benefited from well …

Dual-energy CT–based phantomless in vivo three-dimensional bone mineral density assessment of the lumbar spine

JL Wichmann, C Booz, S Wesarg, K Kafchitsas… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of phantomless in vivo dual-energy computed
tomography (CT)–based three-dimensional (3D) bone mineral density (BMD) assessment in …

Use of routine thoracic and abdominal computed tomography scans for assessing bone mineral density and detecting osteoporosis

M Marinova, B Edon, K Wolter… - … medical research and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Evaluation of computed tomography (CT) attenuation measurements for
assessing bone mineral density (BMD) and predicting osteoporosis in thoracic and …