Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Bone mineral density (BMD) in children is generally measured with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Digital X-ray Radiogrammetry (DXR) is a promising alternative technique, that uses BoneXpert software to measure cortical BMD on hand radiographs, expressed as bone health index (BHI). DXR is a cheap method, is easy to apply in every hospital and involves less ionizing radiation compared to DXA. We aim to compare DXR and DXA measurements for determining bone de...