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European Calcified Tissue Society Congress 2013

Lisbon, Portugal
18 May 2013 - 22 May 2013

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European Calcified Tissue Society Congress 2013, 18 - 22 May 2013; Lisbon, Portugal

Opening Ceremony

ECTS 50th Anniversary Symposium: 50 years of research in bone and mineral metabolism

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50 Years of bone imaging

Genant Harry

Considerable progress has been made over the past half century in the development of imaging methods for assessing the skeleton noninvasively or nondestructively, so that osteoporosis can be detected early, its progression and response to therapy monitored, and the risk of fracture determined. Clinicians and researchers can now evaluate the peripheral, central, or entire skeleton as well as the trabecular, cortical, and endosteal envelopes with a high degree of accuracy and pr...