Abstract

Osteoporosis is the most common disorder of bone metabolism. The main consequence of this disease is theincreased risk of fracture. Osteoporotic fractures represent a serious problem in terms of social and economiccosts. Then, there is a strong need for the assessment of the best practices in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) represents the current "gold standard" method for osteoporosisdiagnosis. However, DXA cannot be employed for population mass screenings, because of required expositionto ionizing radiation and high management costs. The aim of this paper was to review the currently availabletechniques for osteoporosis diagnosis and also to illustrate the feasibility of an innovative quick, cheap andnon-invasive ultrasound-based methodology. The results recently published by the authors' research groupsuggest that the proposed approach has the potential for routine application in early diagnosis, which is thekey to resize the impact of osteoporosis on healthcare systems.

Autore Pugliese

• Conversano Francesco , Casciaro Sergio

Tutti gli autori

• Casciaro S.; Renna M.D.; Pisani P.; Conversano F.; Muratore M.

Titolo volume/Rivista

International journal of measurement technologies and instrumentation engineering

Anno di pubblicazione

2014

ISSN

2156-1729

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