Using opportunistic screening with abdominal CT to identify osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients...
Using opportunistic screening with abdominal CT to identify osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients with diabetes
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Jain, R.K. , Lee, E. , Mathai, C. , Dako, F. , Gogineni, P. , Weiner, M.G. and Vokes, T.
Publisher
London: Springer London
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
London: Springer London
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Summary
Opportunistic osteoporosis screening involves measuring the attenuation of L1 vertebrae on abdominal computed tomography (CT), which correlates with DXA T-score. We found that this approach is useful for detecting low bone mass in patients with diabetes and propose L1 attenuation ≤ 135 Hounsfield units (HU) as a threshold for which DXA s...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Using opportunistic screening with abdominal CT to identify osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients with diabetes
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2420644343
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2420644343
Other Identifiers
ISSN
0937-941X
E-ISSN
1433-2965
DOI
10.1007/s00198-020-05521-x
