Deriving pQCT-Type Spatial Density from DXA Images

Abstract

Musculoskeletal overuse injuries are a serious problem in the military, particularly in basic combat training, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars lost because of limited duty days, medical treatment, and high rates of reinjury. Injury risk models have been developed using peripheral computed tomography (pQCT)-based injury correlates. However, pQCT image capture on large number of recruits is not practical for military settings. Thus, this article presents a method to derive spatial density pQCT images from much lower resolution but more accessible dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: Jan 01, 2020
• Source ID: 10.1093/milmed/usz205

Entities

People

• Anthony E Iyoho
• Brenda A Niederberger
• Dale Bergquist-Turori
• Karen R. Kelly
• Laurel J. Ng

Organizations

• Leidos
• Naval Health Research Center
• Office of Naval Research
• United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

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Fields of Study

• Medicine

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