Research Article
Patient-Specific Phantomless Estimation of Bone Mineral Density and Its Effects on Finite Element Analysis Results: A Feasibility Study
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BMD contour plot at the axial level of the hip joint: (a) the reference BMD using an external phantom, (b) BMD estimated using the proposed phantomless HU-to-BMD conversion, (c) a deviation between the reference and estimated BMD values, and (d) BMD deviation on a different scale.
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