title: [X-ray bone densitometry. Study of in vitro and in vivo reproducibility].
abstract: We studied the reproducibility in vitro and in vivo of a new bone densitometer (HOLOGIC QDR-1000, software version 4.03) which uses an x-ray source at two different levels of energy. Short and long term coefficient of variation (c.v.) in vitro is less than 0.5%. In vivo c.v. is less than 1% in normal body weight subjects and less than 3% in obese subjects. The ingestion of 500 mg of calcium element did not modify bone mineral density (BMD), while 1000 mg determined an increase of BMD equal to 2.6% and 1.5% in the two subjects examined. The increase of water thickness on a three femoral heads phantom caused a progressive reduction of bone mineral content (BMC) and BMD until 12.1% less than basal value and an increase of c.v. from 0.1% to 1%. The addition of oil to water at different percentages determined a slight increase of both BMC and BMD, till 3.5% with 66% of oil in water, if compared with the values obtained with water alone. The reduction of soft tissue around the bone determined a progressive decrease of BMD reaching 3.4% less than basal value when the reduction was 30%.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università di Padova.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luisetto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zangari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ridolfi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tizian
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziliotto
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001834:Body Water; D015519:Bone Density; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications; D008961:Models, Structural; D009765:Obesity; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Densitometria ossea a raggi X. Studi di riproducibilità in vitro ed in vivo.