Abstract
Various methods for evaluating bone mineral in appendicular, and axial bone or in the whole skeleton have recently become available. As bone mineral is one of the major determinants of bone strength, its exact measurement should be useful for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, as well as for the prediction of fracture risk and monitoring of therapeutical response.
The aims of this paper are to review the fundamental performance of bone mineral measurements, the improvements in DXA systems, and the progress in site-specific bone mineral instruments for the radius and calcaneus used in Japan, and to introduce diagnostic criteria for primary osteoporosis, and report on annual rates of bone loss in Japanese females.
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Based on an invited educational lecture at the 6th Asia and Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, and the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto, October 1996.
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Fukunaga, M., Sone, T., Otsuka, N. et al. Bone mineral measurement in Japan. Ann Nucl Med 11, 275–280 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165293
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