| Aspects of
Osteoporosis What is it?
How is it caused ?
How do we measure it ?
What can be done about it ?
A range of free public tutorials is being developed, the first, focussed on Bone
Densitometry is available below.
Bone Densitometry - Frequently Asked Questions
Dr Christian
Langton
Centre for Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Hull, UK
c.m.langton@medschool.hull.ac.uk
Dr Christopher
Njeh
Department of Radiology, University of California, US
christopher.njeh@oarg.ucsf.edu
Skeleton
& Bone
- What is the composition of bone?
- How does bone behave in our bodies?
(physiology)
- What is the role of bone and the
skeleton?
What
Happens?, Why Measure It? and What Can Be Done About It?
- What is Osteoporosis?
- How can Osteoporosis be prevented and
treated?
How
Do We Clinically Measure Bone ?
- Biochemical Markers of Bone resorption
and formation
- Bone Biopsy
- Bone
Densitometry
- what is the fundamental basis? (tissue interaction)
- what densitometry methods are there and where can we
measure?
- how are densitometry results interpreted?
- What are the potential measurement artefacts, site
variability and system variability?
Useful
Osteoporosis Links
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