Artificial intelligence for opportunistic osteoporosis screening with a Hounsfield Unit in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

Journal: Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To investigate the accuracy of an artificial intelligence (AI) prototype in determining bone mineral density (BMD) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients using chest computed tomography (CT) scans.

Authors

  • Yali Li
    Research Center for Drug Discovery & Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. junxu@biochemomes.com.
  • Yan Wu
    Beijing Hui-Long-Guan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100096, China.