Sobecki publishes study in Osteoporosis International

Janelle Sobecki, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, published a new article published in Osteoporosis International. Co-authors include Diane Krueger; Perry Pickhardt, MD; Neil Binkley, MD; and Paul Anderson, MD. 

In “Optimizing region of interest size and placement for clinical opportunistic CT trabecular bone Hounsfield unit measurements”, Sobecki and co-authors aimed to evaluate the optimal size/placement of computed tomography (CT) region of interests (ROIs) to obtain Hounsfield unit (HU) data. After the analysis of 60 CT scans, the researchers found that:

“...non-radiologists can reliably identify the vertebral body centroid on axial and sagittal CT views, which measure HU on axial and sagittal CT imaging. As use of opportunistic CT increases clinically, it may be beneficial for non-radiologists to be comfortable measuring HU on CT scans obtained for other purposes. This would allow non-radiologists to estimate bone loss and fracture risk for patients in their practice. This could be beneficial in a variety of clinical contexts including orthopedics, oncology, and other clinical scenarios where patients are at high risk for bone loss or fracture and undergo routine CT imaging for other purposes.” 

Read the whole study here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Melis Baskaya