Bone Densitometry and Osteoporosis

1 Osteoporosis: The Clinical Problem.- 2 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis.- 3 The Physiology of Bone Turnover.- 4 Growth Factors and the Skeleton.- 5 Cellular Basis of Bone Resorption.- 6 Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover.- 7 Determinants of Bone Loss.- 8 Biomechanical Properties of Bone.- 9 Risk Factors for Osteoporosis Fractures.- 10 Bone Biopsy in Metabolic Bone Disease.- 11 Radiology of Osteoporosis.- 12 Assessment of Vertebral Fracture.- 13 Basic Considerations and Definitions in Bone Densitometry.- 14 Radiogrammetry and Radiographic Absorptiometry.- 15 Single- and Dual-Energy: X-Ray Absorptiometry.- 16 Quantitative Computed Tomography at the Axial Skeleton.- 17 Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography.- 18 Comparison of Quantitative Computed Tomography and Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry at the Lumbar Spine in the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis.- 19 Quantitative Ultrasound for Assessing Bone Properties.- 20 Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Study of Osteoporosis.- 21 Beyond Bone Densitometry: Assessment of Bone Architecture by X-Ray Computed Tomography at Various Levels of Resolution.- 22 Which Site, Which Method? Dilemmas in Bone Densitometry.- 23 Quality Assurance in Bone Densitometry.- 24 Clinical Application of Bone Densitometry.- 25 Bone Densitometry in Children.- 26 Bone Mass and Bone Loss in Secondary Osteoporosis.- 27 Assessing the Response to Treatment for Osteoporosis.- 28 Periprosthetic Bone Mineral Density and Other Orthopedic Applications.- 29 Osteoporosis and Oral Bone Loss: Mandibular Bone Density and Its Relationship to Systemic Osteoporosis in Edentulous Women.