Clinical Use of Quantitative Computed Tomography-Based Finite Element Analysis of the Hip and Spine in the Management of Osteoporosis in Adults: the 2015 ISCD Official Positions-Part II.
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) has developed new official positions for the clinical use of quantitative computed tomography (QCT)-based finite element analysis of the spine and hip. The ISCD task force for QCT reviewed the evidence for clinical applications and presented a report with recommendations at the 2015 ISCD Position Development Conference. Here we discuss the agreed upon ISCD official positions with supporting medical evidence, rationale, controversy, and suggestions for further study. Parts I and III address the clinical use of QCT of the hip, and the clinical feasibility of existing techniques for opportunistic screening of osteoporosis using CT scans obtained for other diagnosis such as colonography was addressed.
Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Philippe
P
Zysset
Bone Quality and Health Center, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ling
L
Qin
Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
Thomas
T
Lang
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sundeep
S
Khosla
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
William D
WD
Leslie
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
John A
JA
Shepherd
Park Nicollet Clinic/HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
John T
JT
Schousboe
Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Bioclinica, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: klaus.engelke@imp.uni-erlangen.de.
Klaus
K
Engelke
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D032921:Consensus; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
finite element analysis (FEA); osteoporosis; position; quantitative computed tomography (QCT)