Semi-automatic proximal humeral trabecular bone density assessment tool : technique application and clinical validation

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PURPOSE: This study aimed to apply a newly developed semi-automatic phantom-less QCT (PL-QCT) to measure proximal humerus trabecular bone density based on chest CT and verify its accuracy and precision.

METHODS: Subcutaneous fat of the shoulder joint and trapezius muscle were used as calibration references for PL-QCT BMD measurement. A self-developed algorithm based on a convolution map was utilized in PL-QCT for semi-automatic BMD measurements. CT values of ROIs used in PL-QCT measurements were directly used for phantom-based quantitative computed tomography (PB-QCT) BMD assessment. The study included 376 proximal humerus for comparison between PB-QCT and PL-QCT. Two sports medicine doctors measured the proximal humerus with PB-QCT and PL-QCT without knowing each other's results. Among them, 100 proximal humerus were included in the inter-operative and intra-operative BMD measurements for evaluating the repeatability and reproducibility of PL-QCT and PB-QCT.

RESULTS: A total of 188 patients with 376 shoulders were involved in this study. The consistency analysis indicated that the average bias between proximal humerus BMDs measured by PB-QCT and PL-QCT was 1.0 mg/cc (agreement range - 9.4 to 11.4; P > 0.05, no significant difference). Regression analysis between PB-QCT and PL-QCT indicated a good correlation (R-square is 0.9723). Short-term repeatability and reproducibility of proximal humerus BMDs measured by PB-QCT (CV: 5.10% and 3.41%) were slightly better than those of PL-QCT (CV: 6.17% and 5.64%).

CONCLUSIONS: We evaluated the bone quality of the proximal humeral using chest CT through the semi-automatic PL-QCT system for the first time. Comparison between it and PB-QCT indicated that it could be a reliable shoulder BMD assessment tool with acceptable accuracy and precision. This study developed and verify a semi-automatic PL-QCT for assessment of proximal humeral bone density based on CT to assist in the assessment of proximal humeral osteoporosis and development of individualized treatment plans for shoulders.

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ErratumIn: Osteoporos Int. 2024 Apr 1;:. - PMID 38556527

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - (2024) vom: 09. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, De-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Weng, Yuan-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ze-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shi-Huai [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Wen-Rui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiao-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Chi [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Xiong-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Rui-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Han, Qinghe [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Weijia William [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Yan-Guo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bone mineral density
Humeral proximal
Journal Article
Phantom-less QCT

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Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Osteoporos Int. 2024 Apr 1;:. - PMID 38556527

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10.1007/s00198-024-07047-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369488725