DXA-Based 3D Analysis of the Cortical and Trabecular Bone of Hip Fracture Postmenopausal Women: A Case-Control Study

Methods using statistical shape and appearance models have been proposed to analyze bone mineral density (BMD) in 3D from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. This paper presents a retrospective case-control study assessing the association of DXA-derived 3D measurements with osteoporotic hip fracture in postmenopausal women. Patients who experienced a hip fracture between 1 and 6 years from baseline and age-matched controls were included in this study. The 3D-SHAPER software (version 2.7, Galgo Medical, Barcelona, Spain) was used to derive 3D analysis from hip DXA scans at baseline.

Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - November 28, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Ludovic Humbert, Alexis Bagu é, Silvana Di Gregorio, Renaud Winzenrieth, Xavier Sevillano, Miguel Ángel González Ballester, Luis Del Rio Source Type: research