Bone densitometry in clinical practice : application and interpretation /
Sydney Lou Bonnick ; foreword by Paul D. Miller.
- 3rd ed.
- xxvii, 520 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Current clinical practice .
- Current clinical practice. .
CD-ROM contains a precision calculator, a statistical confidence calculator for measured change in BMD, the Black Fracture Index, a patient risk factor questionnaire, and a CME review.
Densitometry techniques -- Skeletal anatomy in densitometry -- Statistical overview for the non-statistician densitometrist -- Quality control -- Radiation safety in x-ray densitometry -- Bone density data among technologies and manufacturers -- Selecting patients for bone mass measurements : clinical guidelines -- Selecting patients for bone mass measurements : self-assessment indices -- Diagnosing ostoporosis -- Predicting fracture risk -- Monitoring changes in bone density -- Secondary causes of osteoporosis -- New applications for DXA -- Reporting densitometry --FDA-approved densitometry devices..