Comparisons of hounsfield units and volumetric bone density in discriminating vertebral fractures on lumber CT scans

CONCLUSIONS: The QCT-measured volumetric bone mineral density is more associated with acute VFs than vHU and aHU values of the lumber spine. Although the use of vHU and aHU values for the diagnosis of osteoporosis and discriminating fracture risk is limited to scanner- and imaging protocol-specific, they have great potential for opportunistic osteoporosis screening, particularly vHU.PMID:38457607 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae053

Source: The British Journal of Radiology - March 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Fengyun Zhou Wenshuang Zhang Jian Geng Yandong Liu Yi Yuan Kangkang Ma Zitong Cheng Pengju Huang Xiaoguang Cheng Ling Wang Yajun Liu Source Type: research