Opportunistic osteoporosis screening via the measurement of frontal skull Hounsfield units derived from brain computed tomography images

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Osteoporosis is one of the most common chronic metabolic diseases, but detection and treatment rates are low. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the correlation between frontal skull Hounsfield unit (HU) values from brain computed tomography (CT) scans and T-scores...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Na, Min Kyun, Won, Yu Deok, Kim, Choong Hyun, Kim, Jae Min, Cheong, Jin Hwan, Ryu, Je Il, Han, Myung-Hoon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945032/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746570
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197336
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