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The QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module is intended to provide an alternative method for calibrating QCT data sets that are intended for analysis with QCT Pro Spine and Hip application modules. Installation of the QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module does not alter the clinical indications for use of the QCT Pro Spine and Hip application modules. It does, however, provide an additional means of obtaining calibration data that does not require the simultaneous scanning of a patient with a CT calibration standard as is required when using the QCT Pro Spine and Hip application modules without the installation of the QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module. Thus the QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module facilitates: (1) retrospective assessment of bone density from CT scans acquired for other purposes, (2) assessment of bone density in conjunction with another medically appropriate procedure involving CT scans of the anatomical regions where estimating bone density is prescribed, and (3) assessment of bone density without a phantom as an independent measurement procedure.

The QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module is intended to extend the capabilities of QCT Pro bone mineral densitometer products (K894854. K002113. K030330) currently marketed by Mindways to the measurement of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) from patient-specific CT images acquired without the simultaneous use of a CT calibration phantom. The QCT Pro bone mineral densitometer products distributed with or supplemented with the QCT Pro Asynchronous Calibration Module will be marketed under the name QCT Pro CliniQCT or more simply CliniQCT. Mineral calibration with the asynchronous calibration method is obtained from phantom measurements acquired on the same CT scanner, operated in a substantially similar mode used to acquire a patient CT scan. The phantom measurements used for calibration purposes may be acquired before or after a patient CT scan to which they are to be applied. The asynchronous calibration mode facilitates: (1) retrospective assessment of bone density from CT scans acquired for other purposes, (2) assessment of bone density in conjunction with another medically appropriate procedure involving CT scans of the anatomical regions where estimating bone density is prescribed, and (3) assessment of bone density without a phantom as an independent measurement procedure. Retrospective bone density analysis provides bone density information without exposing a patient to additional ionizing radiation while combining CT studies results in an overall reduction in patient exposure to ionizing radiation relative to the expected radiation dose associated with performing the studies separately.

The intended use of the CTXA Hip Extence Data accessory for the CTXA Hip Bone Mineral Densitometry module is to provide a context for the clinical interpretation of a patient's proximal femur BMD estimates. T-scores are calculated relative to a US normal female Caucasian reference population age 20-39 years, and Z-scores are calculated relative to a US normal female Caucasian reference population age 20-79 years. The use of a reference data set and the interpretation of parameters derived by the CTXA Hip module when comparing patient-specific BMD estimates to the installed and selected reference data set is at the discretion of the physician.

The CTXA Hip Extenced Reference Data is an accessory to the CTXA Hip Bone Mineral Densitometer. The CTXA Hip Extended Reference Data is used within the CTXA Hip module to calculate T-scores and percent young normal for any patient, and Z-scores for patients age 20-80 for BMD estimates made using the CTXA Hip module.

The CTXA Hip Bone Mineral Densitometer is intended to estimate bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in the proximal femur. The BMD estimates can be compared with CTXA Hip-derived reference data. T-scores are calculated with respect to CTXA Hip young normal female reference data, and the T-scores can be used by the physician as an aid in determining fracture risk.

The CTXA Hip Bone Mineral Densitometer (CTXA Hip) is a software package intended for estimation of bone mineral content (BMC), in grams, and bone mineral density (BMD), in glem', of the proximal femur. The CTXA Hip uses quantitative computed tomography (QCT) methods to derive bone mass and bone density estimates from 3D CT image data sets. The CTXA Hip is intended to be used with compatible, whole-body CT scanners and with compatible CT calibration phantoms. BMD estimates are derived in units of g/cm2 equivalent K2HPO4 density.