Calibration with or without phantom for fracture risk prediction in cancer patients with femoral bone metastases using CT-based finite element models.

The objective of this study was to develop a new calibration method that enables calibration of Hounsfield units (HU) to bone mineral densities (BMD) without the use of a calibration phantom for fracture risk prediction of femurs with metastases using CT-based finite element (FE) models. Fifty-seven...

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Main Authors: Florieke Eggermont, Nico Verdonschot, Yvette van der Linden, Esther Tanck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220564