Quantitative ultrasound as a tool for assessment of bone status: An initial experience

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 229-231

  Parihar, Anand L ^a,b   Dialani, Vandana M ^a   Mashankar, Anant S ^a   Salkade, Parag S ^a   Varma, Manoj S ^a  

^a Mandakini Imaging Centre   (India)

^b Pancholi Hops Building   (India)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral density; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034493475     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Relationship between surface, volume & thickness of iliac trabecular bone in aging and in osteoporosis: Implications for the microanatomic and cellular mechanisms of bone loss
2. Broadband ultrasound attenuation predicts fractures strongly and independently of densitometry in older women
3. Assessment of fracture risk and its application to screening for postmenopausal osteoporosis: Synopsis of a WHO report