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Open Access 01-08-2011 | Symposium: Bone Quality: From Bench to Bedside

High-resolution Computed Tomography for Clinical Imaging of Bone Microarchitecture

Authors: Andrew J. Burghardt, BS, Thomas M. Link, MD, Sharmila Majumdar, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 8/2011

Abstract

Background

The role of bone structure, one component of bone quality, has emerged as a contributor to bone strength. The application of high-resolution imaging in evaluating bone structure has evolved from an in vitro technology for small specimens to an emerging clinical research tool for in vivo studies in humans. However, many technical and practical challenges remain to translate these techniques into established clinical outcomes.

Questions/purposes

We reviewed use of high-resolution CT for evaluating trabecular microarchitecture and cortical ultrastructure of bone specimens ex vivo, extension of these techniques to in vivo human imaging studies, and recent studies involving application of high-resolution CT to characterize bone structure in the context of skeletal disease.

Methods

We performed the literature review using PubMed and Google Scholar. Keywords included CT, MDCT, micro-CT, high-resolution peripheral CT, bone microarchitecture, and bone quality.

Results

Specimens can be imaged by micro-CT at a resolution starting at 1 μm, but in vivo human imaging is restricted to a voxel size of 82 μm (with actual spatial resolution of ~ 130 μm) due to technical limitations and radiation dose considerations. Presently, this mode is limited to peripheral skeletal regions, such as the wrist and tibia. In contrast, multidetector CT can assess the central skeleton but incurs a higher radiation burden on the subject and provides lower resolution (200–500 μm).

Conclusions

CT currently provides quantitative measures of bone structure and may be used for estimating bone strength mathematically. The techniques may provide clinically relevant information by enhancing our understanding of fracture risk and establishing the efficacy of antifracture for osteoporosis and other bone metabolic disorders.

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Title: High-resolution Computed Tomography for Clinical Imaging of Bone Microarchitecture
Authors: Andrew J. Burghardt, BS
Thomas M. Link, MD
Sharmila Majumdar, PhD
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1766-x

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