Table 3 Linear regression comparing FE analysis to DXA and dCBCT-derived bone mineral parameters.

From: Automated bone property analysis using corrected in vivo dental cone-beam CT data of human wrists

 

FEM

Stiffness

Strength

Maximum Force

dCBCT BMD

r = 0.17 (-0.29 : 0.56) p = 0.472

r = 0.68 (0.36 : 0.86) p < 0.001

r = 0.19 (-0.27 : 0.57) p = 0.42

dCBCT BMC

r = 0.91 (0.78 : 0.96) p < 0.001

r = -0.33 (-0.67 : 0.12) p = 0.147

r = 0.93 (0.84 : 0.97) p < 0.001

DXA BMD

r = 0.6 (0.23 : 0.82) p = 0.00376

r = 0.2 (-0.25 : 0.58) p = 0.385

r = 0.63 (0.27 : 0.83) p = 0.00225

DXA BMC

r = 0.69 (0.37 : 0.86) p < 0.001

r = -0.12 (-0.52 : 0.33) p = 0.616

r = 0.71 (0.4 : 0.87) p < 0.001

  1. dCBCT dental cone beam computed tomography, DXA dual energy absorptiometry, BMD bone mineral density, BMC bone mineral content. Stiffness, Strength, and Maximum Force were derived with Finite element (FE) analysis
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