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ba0003pp227 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2014

New point of care method for osteoporosis diagnostics in us

Karjalainen Janne , Riekkinen Ossi , Schousboe John

Objective: Currently, majority of the osteoporotic patients are not diagnosed i) a new ultrasound based device (Bindex) has been recently introduced for osteoporosis (OP) screening and diagnostics at primary healthcare ii) Bindex measures cortical thickness and determines parameter called density index (DI). Thresholds for DI in OP assessment have been determined in Finnish-Caucasian (F-C) population (n=448) along the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (IS...