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Although the number of applications for bone densitometry has grown rapidly in the last few years, the use of densitometry to diagnose osteoporosis remains the most common application in clinical practice. What constitutes a diagnosis of osteoporosis, however, has continued to evolve.
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Notes
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See Chapter 10 for a discussion of FRAX™, the 10-year absolute fracture risk prediction algorithm from the World Health Organization.
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See Chapter 1 for a discussion of densitometry techniques.
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Broadband ultrasound attenuation, expressed as dB/MHz
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Speed of sound, expressed as m/s
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At this NIH Consensus Conference osteoporosis was defined as a “skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture.”
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The European Prospective Osteoporosis Study.
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Although ISCD does not recommend the use of the WHO criteria with trochanteric bone density measurements, the site does provide useful information when osteoarthritis of the hip joint makes results from the total hip and femoral neck suspect.
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Bonnick, S.L. (2010). Diagnosing Osteoporosis. In: Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-499-9_9
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