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

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Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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