Hip fracture risk estimation based on principal component analysis of QCT atlas: a preliminary study

Wenjun Li; John Kornak; Tamara Harris; Ying Lu; Xiaoguang Cheng; Thomas Lang

doi:10.1117/12.811743

27 February 2009 Hip fracture risk estimation based on principal component analysis of QCT atlas: a preliminary study

Wenjun Li, John Kornak, Tamara Harris, Ying Lu, Xiaoguang Cheng, Thomas Lang

Proceedings Volume 7262, Medical Imaging 2009: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 72621M (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811743
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2009, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

We aim to capture and apply 3-dimensional bone fragility features for fracture risk estimation. Using inter-subject image registration, we constructed a hip QCT atlas comprising 37 patients with hip fractures and 38 age-matched controls. In the hip atlas space, we performed principal component analysis to identify the principal components (eigen images) that showed association with hip fracture. To develop and test a hip fracture risk model based on the principal components, we randomly divided the 75 QCT scans into two groups, one serving as the training set and the other as the test set. We applied this model to estimate a fracture risk index for each test subject, and used the fracture risk indices to discriminate the fracture patients and controls. To evaluate the fracture discrimination efficacy, we performed ROC analysis and calculated the AUC (area under curve). When using the first group as the training group and the second as the test group, the AUC was 0.880, compared to conventional fracture risk estimation methods based on bone densitometry, which had AUC values ranging between 0.782 and 0.871. When using the second group as the training group, the AUC was 0.839, compared to densitometric methods with AUC values ranging between 0.767 and 0.807. Our results demonstrate that principal components derived from hip QCT atlas are associated with hip fracture. Use of such features may provide new quantitative measures of interest to osteoporosis.

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Wenjun Li, John Kornak, Tamara Harris, Ying Lu, Xiaoguang Cheng, and Thomas Lang "Hip fracture risk estimation based on principal component analysis of QCT atlas: a preliminary study", Proc. SPIE 7262, Medical Imaging 2009: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 72621M (27 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811743

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