Open AccessPRACTICE NOTES SOFTWARE «VERTEBRAL FRACTURE ASSESSMENT» FOR DUAL-ENERGY BONE DENSITOMETER «DISCOVERY W» IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPOROSIS
Author(s) -
Е. М. Эйдлина
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
osteoporoz i osteopatii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-0716
pISSN - 2072-2680
DOI - 10.14341/osteo2012337-39
Subject(s) - densitometry , densitometer , osteoporosis , medicine , dual energy , radiography , vertebral compression fracture , radiology , gold standard (test) , lumbar , digital radiography , bone mineral , lumbar vertebrae , nuclear medicine , lumbar spine , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
The authors studied the feasibility of an additional software application for dual-energy X-ray bone densitometer series «Discovery W» (HOLOGIC inc., USA). 45 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures underwent technique of «Vertebral Fracture Assessment» in one session with standard densitometry at the lumbar spine and proximal femur. This program is based on a semi-quantitative morphometry of the spine (N.K. Genant; 1993) is an alternative to radiography for the diagnosis of vertebral fractures. Determination of the index values of the vertebral bodies by this method allows identification not only explicit, but subtle compression vertebral fractures of both thoracic and lumbar spine. The methodology should be ordered by an osteoporosis specialist, evaluated by radiologist, it can be performed in one session with standard densitometry procedure. Assessment of the bone structure of the vertebral bodies by this imaging technology is not feasible.