Dear readers,
The application of CT to musculoskeletal radiological imaging is still a relatively uncovered topic. Nonetheless, CT provides accurate evaluation of several bone diseases, including osteoporosis, where it has recently been shown to be a highly sensitive diagnostic method.
As illustrated by Dr. Anzidei’s review, proposed in this Newsletter, quantitative CT or the opportunistic use of CT to estimate osteoporosis-related parameters represents a reliable imaging modality, alternative to the standard approach based on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Moreover, several studies have recently demonstrated that new models and indexes combined with CT can increase the technique’s diagnostic performance, allowing physicians to predict osteoporosis in high-risk populations, such as postmenopausal women, and to adopt the appropriate therapeutic strategies, as reported in the papers selected for this Newsletter.
Finally, we propose a clinical case from our archive, where osteoporosis is involved in the differential diagnosis based on the use of the CT.
Suggestions for topics to be covered in future issues of this newsletter are welcome as usual. Please send your ideas to us at editorial@public.pixelentropy.eu/mdct-new.
From the public.pixelentropy.eu/mdct-new team
