xtreme CT

High-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (Xtreme CT)

Technical Specifications:

XtremeCT (I and II)

  • Extremity scanner
  • Hands, wrists, ankles and knees
  • 61 µm resolution
  • Low dose

Use: 

  • Bone quality and micro-architecture

 

Want to know what the XtremeCT can be used for?  Some of these papers are excellent examples:

Boutroy, Stephanie, Mary L. Bouxsein, Francoise Munoz, and Pierre D. Delmas. “In Vivo Assessment of Trabecular Bone Microarchitecture by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography.” The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 90, no. 12 (December 1, 2005): 6508–15. 

Boutroy, Stephanie, Bert Van Rietbergen, Elisabeth Sornay-Rendu, Francoise Munoz, Mary L Bouxsein, and Pierre D Delmas. “Finite Element Analysis Based on In Vivo HR-pQCT Images of the Distal Radius Is Associated With Wrist Fracture in Postmenopausal Women.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 23, no. 3 (March 1, 2008): 392–99. 

Buie, Helen R., Graeme M. Campbell, R. Joshua Klinck, Joshua A. MacNeil, and Steven K. Boyd. “Automatic Segmentation of Cortical and Trabecular Compartments Based on a Dual Threshold Technique for in Vivo Micro-CT Bone Analysis.” Bone 41, no. 4 (October 1, 2007): 505–15. 

Burt, Lauren A, Zhiying Liang, Tolulope T Sajobi, David A Hanley, and Steven K Boyd. “Sex- and Site-Specific Normative Data Curves for HR-pQCT.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 31, no. 11 (November 1, 2016): 2041–47.

Cheung, Angela M., Jonathan D. Adachi, David A. Hanley, David L. Kendler, K. Shawn Davison, Robert Josse, Jacques P. Brown, et al. “High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Bone Strength and Structure: A Review by the Canadian Bone Strength Working Group.” Current Osteoporosis Reports 11, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 136–46. 

Kroker, Andres, Ying Zhu, Sarah L. Manske, Rhamona Barber, Nicholas Mohtadi, and Steven K. Boyd. “Quantitative in Vivo Assessment of Bone Microarchitecture in the Human Knee Using HR-pQCT.” Bone 97, no. Supplement C (April 1, 2017): 43–48.

Macdonald, Heather M, Kyle K Nishiyama, Jian Kang, David A Hanley, and Steven K Boyd. “Age-Related Patterns of Trabecular and Cortical Bone Loss Differ between Sexes and Skeletal Sites: A Population-Based HR-pQCT Study.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 50–62.