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The diagnosis of osteoporosis and the determination of fracture risk has always been a challenge for radiologists, epidemiologists, and clinicians as well as oth­ er researchers and health care professionals working in the field. It is bone min­ eral density that is closely related to bone fragility, and the advent of techniques to quantitatively assess bone density has been welcomed. It has reduced the sub­ jectivity inherent to conventional radiologic assessment of osteoporosis. The on­ going technical process has made various techJ)iques to assess bone density wide­ ly available. However, these measurement techniques have also incurred some crit­ icism because bone densitometry has sometimes been applied without specific indications and without appropriate clinical ramifications. The purpose of this text is to provide a perspective on the current status of bone densitometry and ist relevance to osteoporosis diagnosis and management. Therefore, this book will give the reader an introduction to the nature of osteo­ porosis, its pathophysiology and epidemiology, and the clinical consequences of performing bone densitometry. Aside from standard bone densitometry, newer technologies

Author

Harry K. Genant; Giuseppe Guglielmi; Michael Jergas

Publisher

Springer Spektrum. in Springer-Verlag GmbH

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642804427

Subjects

Medical, Medicine