Lumbar computed tomography scans are not appropriate surrogates for bone mineral density scans in primary adult spinal deformity
Abstract
The authors examined the correlation between lumbar spine CT Hounsfield unit (HU) measurements and bone mineral density measurements in an adult spinal deformity (ASD) population.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.3171/2017.9.focus17476
Entities
People
- Daniel G. Kang
- Eitan M. Kohan
- Michael P. Kelly
- Stuart Hershman
- Venu M. Nemani
Organizations
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Washington University in St. Louis