This article presents the recommendations of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis Subcommittee regarding the standards of the use of MRI in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal… (More)
Body composition (BC) assessment is indispensable to evaluate nutritional status and thus health, both at the population and individual level, and to assess the efficacy of primary and secondary… (More)
Intervertebral instability of the lumbar spine is thought to be a possible pathomechanical mechanism underlying low back pain and sciatica and is often an important factor in determining surgical… (More)
Recent advances in medical X-ray imaging have enabled the development of new techniques capable of assessing not only bone quantity but also structure. This article provides (a) a brief review of the… (More)
PURPOSE
To evaluate the accuracy and precision of a radiographic absorptiometry (RA) method for assessment of bone mineral of the middle phalanges.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Nineteen cadaveric hands… (More)
Glucocorticoid (GC)-induced osteoporosis mostly affects trabecular bone of vertebrae. Only 30% of vertebral fractures are symptomatic, yet both clinical and radiological vertebral fractures have been… (More)
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been increasingly employed for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment in the last decade. The efforts for modelling of such wastewater treatment systems have… (More)
Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) is an established technique for measuring bone mineral density (BMD) in the axial spine and peripheral skeleton (forearm, tibia). QCT can determine in three… (More)
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of vertebral fractures to investigate the determinants of vertebral fracture risk in patients with COPD. The risk of vertebral fractures is strictly… (More)
Due to the introduction of new therapeutic regimen aimed at increasing and maintaining bone mass, bone densitometry in children has gained interest. As in all new fields of medicine we expect the… (More)