Micro-CT in the Assessment of Pediatric Renal osteodystrophy by Bone Histomorphometry

摘要

Background and objectives Computed tomography (CT) measurements can distinguish between cortical and trabecular bone density in vivo. High-resolution CTs assess both bone volume and density in the same compartment, thus potentially yielding information regarding bone mineralization as well. The relationship between bone histomorphometric parameters of skeletal mineralization and bone density from microcomputed tomography (mu CT) measurements of bone cores from patients on dialysis has not been assessed.