A comparative study between corresponding structural geometric variables using 2 commonly implemented hip structural analysis algorithms applied to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry images

J Clin Densitom. 2009 Oct-Dec;12(4):461-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.08.004.

Abstract

Hip structural analysis (HSA) has been developed over 20 yr, applied extensively in research, and has demonstrated useful outcomes associating bone structural geometry with bone fragility (research-HSA or r-HSA). In 2007, Hologic Inc. (Bedford, MA) incorporated HSA with some modifications as an option for Hologic dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanners (clinical HSA or c-HSA). This brought HSA from the research environment into the clinical environment. This article reports a comparison of r-HSA and c-HSA implementations using DXA scans from a group of 191 females. Bland-Altman plots at the narrow-neck (NN) HSA region indicated higher r-HSA areal bone mineral density (mean difference: 0.27 g/cm(2); 21.7% [of mean]); cross-sectional area (0.63 cm(2); 18.7%); cross-sectional moment of inertia (0.26 cm(4); 11.1%), and section modulus (0.22 cm(3); 14.5%) compared with c-HSA. The converse was observed for NN subperiosteal width (-0.09 cm; 3.1%). High linear correlations (r(2) > 0.81) were found between r-HSA and c-HSA NN structural geometric outcomes, with the exception of neck shaft angle (r(2) > 0.47). As differences were significant (p < 0.001), slopes and intercepts are provided to enable linear transformations from r-HSA to corresponding c-HSA structural geometric data.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon / methods*
  • Adult
  • Algorithms*
  • Bone Density / physiology*
  • Electronic Data Processing / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteoporosis / diagnosis
  • Pelvic Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pelvic Bones / metabolism
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Factors