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Routine CT scans show promise for quantitative bone density assessments, but CT-based calibration typically involves scanning a phantom, which limits its application in clinical practice and in retrospective research studies. Here, we developed and validated a phantomless BMD measurement technique to evaluate glenoid trabecular bone density (mg\/cc) using clinical shoulder CT scans of 88 patients (48 males, 40 females; mean age: 53 years). Air, fat, and muscle tissue were used as internal density references to develop patient-specific calibration functions for glenoid BMD estimation. The phantomless calibration was validated by comparison with an asynchronous phantom-based calibration using the European Spine Phantom. A Bland-Altman analysis yielded a mean difference of 0.37 mg\/cc (95% CI: [\u20131.39, 2.14] mg\/cc) between the two methods. Further improvement in internal calibration accuracy was achieved by implementing an age-stratified approach (two age groups; cut-off 55 years) to account for age-related declines in muscle density. With age stratification of reference tissue densities, the mean difference between internal and phantom-based calibration was reduced to 0.20 mg\/cc (95% CI: [\u20131.38, 1.78] mg\/cc). The proposed phantomless calibration approach provides a robust and clinically feasible method to evaluate glenoid trabecular bone density in both research and clinical applications. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of considering patient-specific variations in shoulder muscle density to ensure accurate internal calibration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jbmrpl\/ziag112","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T11:58:34Z","timestamp":1783598314000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Phantomless calibration of glenoid trabecular bone density: improved accuracy using age-stratified reference tissue densities"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-6308-738X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maximilian","family":"Modelhart","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Paracelsus Medical University (PMU) , 5020 Salzburg,","place":["Austria"]},{"name":"Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery , Schulthess Klinik, 8008 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-7361-1693","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dennis C","family":"Agbanyim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Biomechanics , ETH Zurich, 8006 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6937-6127","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Davide","family":"Cester","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich , 8091 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0987-9926","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Philipp","family":"Moroder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Schulthess Klinik , 8008 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0650-5889","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stephen J","family":"Ferguson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Biomechanics , ETH Zurich, 8006 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3640-9695","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eva C","family":"Herbst","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery , Schulthess Klinik, 8008 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]},{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Biomechanics , ETH Zurich, 8006 Zurich,","place":["Switzerland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,14]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"2026091415520495400_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"263","DOI":"10.1002\/jor.25379","article-title":"Age- and sex-specific normative values of bone mineral density in the adult glenoid","volume":"41","author":"Eghbali","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Orthop Res"},{"issue":"4","key":"2026091415520495400_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"811","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jse.2020.07.028","article-title":"Comparison of complication types and rates associated with anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty","volume":"30","author":"Parada","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Shoulder Elb Surg"},{"key":"2026091415520495400_ref5","first-page":"3","article-title":"Chapter 1 - computed tomography imaging and angiography \u2013 principles","volume-title":"Neuroimaging. 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