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Opportunistic osteoporosis screening via the measurement of frontal skull Hounsfield units derived from brain computed tomography images

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Osteoporosis is one of the most common chronic metabolic diseases, but detection and treatment rates are low. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the correlation between frontal skull Hounsfield unit (HU) values from brain computed tomography (CT) scans and T-scores...

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Autores principales: Na, Min Kyun, Won, Yu Deok, Kim, Choong Hyun, Kim, Jae Min, Cheong, Jin Hwan, Ryu, Je Il, Han, Myung-Hoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197336