“…The optimal results were obtained in most studies [33,34,36], including the chest [55,57,66], heart [21,23,36] and abdomen or pelvis CT scan [42,67,68]. A long calibration phantom (at least about 85 cm or longer, developed by Image Analysis, Columbia, KY, USA) is beneficial for the QCT BMD assessment with the whole-body scan [35].…”