Bone Abstracts

Objectives: The clinical assessment of bone mass in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is normally assessed by DXA. Further information about bone microarchitecture is obtained from bone biopsy which is invasive and requires anaesthetic. High-resolution peripheral quantitative computer tomography (HRpQCT) is an in-vivo imaging modality capable of assessing skeletal microstructure and integrity to a resolution of 80 μm. To date, no HRpQCT studies have incl...