Evaluation Of Osteoporosis

1. Metabolic Bone Disease and Osteoporosis: Relevant Information for Bone Mineral Measurements 2. Bone Mass Measurements and Fracture Risk 3. Technical Principles of X-Ray Absorptiometry 4. Commercial Instruments for Spine, Femur and Total-Body DXA 5. Commercial Instruments for X-Ray Absorptiometry of the Peripheral Skeleton 6. Technical Principles of Ultrasound 7. Commercial Ultrasound Instruments 8. Assessment of Instrument Performance: Precision, Installation of New Equipment, and Radiation Dose 9. Instrument Quality Control and Phantoms for DXA Scanners 10. Measurement of Bone Density in the Lumbar Spine: The PA Spine Scan 11. Measurement of Bone Density in the Lumbar Spine: The Lateral Spine Scan 12. Measurement of Bone Density in the Proximal Femur 13. Measurement of Bone Density in the Distal Forearm 14. Total Body Bone Mineral and Body Composition by Absorptiometry 15. DXA in the Growing Skeleton 16. Clinical Interpretation of Bone Density Scans 17. The Use of Bone Densitometry in Clinical Trials 18. Bone Densitometry in Secondary Osteoporosis 19. Quantitation of Bone Density at Sites of Metal Implants 20. Vertebral Morphometry Studies using Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry