Hounsfield Units on Lumbar Computed Tomography for Predicting Regional Bone Mineral Density
Kim Kyung Joon,
Kim Dong Hwan,
Lee Jae Il,
Choi Byung Kwan,
Han In Ho,
Nam Kyoung Hyup
Affiliations
Kim Kyung Joon
Department of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Kim Dong Hwan
Department of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Lee Jae Il
Department of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Choi Byung Kwan
Department of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Han In Ho
Department of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Nam Kyoung Hyup
Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Bone mineral density (BMD) is a very important factor in spinal fusion surgery using instrumentation. Our aim was to investigate the utility of Hounsfield units (HU) obtained from preoperative lumbar computed tomography (CT) to predict osteoporosis coupling with data of quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).
