Noninvasive Imaging of Bone Macro and Micro Structure

摘要

In the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the development of methods for assessing the skeleton noninvasively so that osteoporosis can be detected early, its progression and response to therapy carefully monitored, or the risk of fracture effectively ascertively ascertained. Bone mineral density (BMD) of the peripheral, central or entire skeleton as well as the trabecular or cortical bone envelopes, can now be evaluated with a hihg degree of accuracy and precision and the strneght of bone and the propensity to fracture can be reliably estamted. (16)