Effects of Contrast Enhancement on In-Body Calibrated Phantomless Bone Mineral Density Measurements in Computed Tomography
We aimed to test the potential of phantomless volumetric bone mineral density (PLvBMD) measurements for the determination of volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) in routine contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT). We evaluated 56 tri-phasic abdominal computed tomography scans, including an unenhanced scan as well as defined CECT scans in the arterial and portalvenous phase. PLvBMD analysis was performed by 4 radiologists using an FDA-approved tool for phantomless evaluation of bone density (IntelliSpace, Philips, The Netherlands).
Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - Category: Radiology Authors: Nuran Abdullayev, Victor-Frederic Neuhaus, Grischa Bratke, Sebastian Voss, Nils Gro ße Hokamp, Martin Hellmich, Barbara Krug, David Maintz, Jan Borggrefe Tags: Original Article Source Type: research