CTFEA Myeloma Study

Patients with Multiple Myeloma are monitored for disease progression and for response to treatment by the treating hematologist or oncologist. Laboratory tests are usually utilized for these purposes. The role of imaging is confined to follow-up the progression of visible bone lesions. We suggest that microscopic bone lesions impair bone structure well before they grow enough to be visible on a CT scan. This impairment of bone strength can probably be captured by application of CT-based finite element analysis to the CT scans that were performed for monitoring of progression of the disease.