Can we screen opportunistically for low bone mineral density using CT scans of the shoulder and artificial intelligence?

Journal: The British journal of radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the CT attenuation of bones seen on shoulder CT scans could be used to predict low bone mineral density (BMD) (osteopenia/osteoporosis), and to compare the performance of two machine learning models to predict low BMD.

Authors

  • Ronnie Sebro
    Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3737 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Ronnie.sebro@uphs.upenn.edu.
  • Cynthia De la Garza-Ramos
    Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States.