Conference paper

Imaging of metabolic bone diseases

Kristina Potočki ; Clinical Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Osteoporosis, a chronic progressive disease, is the most common metabolic bone disease and can affect almost the entire skeleton. Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent increase in bone fragility. The disease often does not become clinically apparent until a fracture occurs. However, the sensitivity, examination time, cost, and radiation exposure of the different imaging techniques differ greatly. Imaging options include conventional x-ray images, US, QUS, SPA, DPA, quantitative CT (QCT), densitometry, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), MRI, QMR, SPECT and bone scanning.

Keywords

osteoporosis; low bone mass; fracture; microarchitecture; imaging techniques

Hrčak ID:

125827

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125827

Publication date:

20.10.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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