The 3D Imaging Advantage

While conventional QCT relies upon single, thick CT images through each of multiple vertebrae, 3D QCT exploits CT’s ability to construct a three dimensional representation of human anatomy using many thin images.

This results in a number of technical and clinical advantages, including:

» Ability to assess BMD in patients with scoliosis or other complex spinal deformities.

» Extension of QCT to complex anatomical regions such as the hip.

» Improved measurement precision because of decreased reliance upon the skill of a CT operator to precisely position a single, thick slice through a vertebra.

» Shortened scan times due to elimination of CT gantry tilt.

» Support for modern multi-slice CT scanners which no longer support gantry tilt.

Faster, Easier

» Define only start and end points.
» No gantry tilt, no scan pauses.
» Helical/multi-slice scan in seconds.
» Scan only 2 instead of 3 or 4 vertebra.
» Combine spine and hip in one fast scan.