Trabecular Bone Mineral Density Measurement Using Thoracic and Lumbar Quantitative Computed Tomography

The 3T BMD was highly correlated with L1-3 BMD. Thoracic BMD can be measured during cardiac and lung CT imaging without need for additional participant burden or radiation dose. This highly reproducible methodology is actively being applied to large cohort studies to evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis and track BMD over time.