Concept of a Radiofrequency Device for Osteopenia/Osteoporosis Screening
Open Access
- 26 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Scientific Reports
- Vol. 10 (1), 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60173-5
Abstract
Osteoporosis represents a major health problem, resulting in substantial increases in health care costs. There is an unmet need for a cost-effective technique that can measure bone properties without the use of ionizing radiation. The present study reports design, construction, and testing of a safe, and easy to use radiofrequency device to detect osteoporotic bone conditions. The device uses novel on-body antennas contacting the human wrist under an applied, operator-controlled pressure. For the dichotomous diagnostic test, we selected 60 study participants (23–94 years old, 48 female, 12 male) who could be positively differentiated between healthy and osteopenic/osteoporotic states. The band-limited integral of the transmission coefficient averaged for both wrists, multiplied by age, and divided by BMI has been used as an index. For a 100 MHz frequency band centered about 890–920 MHz, the maximum Youden’s J index is 81.5%. Both the sensitivity and specificity simultaneously reach 87% given the calibration device threshold tolerance of ±3%. Our approach correlates well with the available DXA measurements and has the potential for screening patients at risk for fragility fractures, given the ease of implementation and low costs associated with both the technique and the equipment. The inclusion of radiofrequency transmission data does add supplementary useful information to the available clinical risk factors.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R43AR071220, R43AR071220, 1R43AR071220, R43AR071220)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
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