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Development of a Femur Neck Bone Mineral Density Measuring Device for Accurate Examination

  • Han, Man-Seok (Department Radiological Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Seo, Sun-youl (Department of Radiology, Eulji University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Kyun (Department Radiotechnology, Daewon University) ;
  • Jeon, Min-Cheol (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-kuk (Department Nuclear Medicine, Eulji University Hospital) ;
  • Yoo, Se-Jong (Department Radiology, Konyang University Hospital)
  • Received : 2015.05.10
  • Accepted : 2016.05.31
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

In bone density examinations, a change in the measured BMD occurs owing to the differences between the measured areas. To address this problem, we aimed to develop a new auxiliary device that could be rotated by $15^{\circ}$ by fixing the ankle to the distal femur neck. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) of BMD examinations were performed once a year, but 10 patients were examined over three sessions to analyze the area for measuring the femur neck BMD. The goal of this test was to determine the device's reliability, and the results were expressed in terms of the standard deviation of measurements. After performing bone density measurements using the new auxiliary device on 10 normal patients, with three measurements for each patient, the obtained standard deviation was 0.03. The standard deviation of the measured BMD was 0.19 when using the currently existing auxiliary device, while the standard deviation of the measured BMD was 0.03 when using the new auxiliary device. By using the new auxiliary device, the standard deviation could be reduced by ~80%. Accurate rotation of the femur neck was possible in all examinations, and the standard deviation of BMD measurements could be reduced by up to 80% compared with the measurements performed using the currently existing auxiliary device. We hope that this advantageous new design can be used as a standard auxiliary device for measuring the femur neck BMD.

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