title: [Biphotonic absorptiometry of the foot: methodology and application to algodystrophy].
abstract: A simple methodology for the evaluation of the bone mineral content of the foot by biphotonic absorptiometry is described. From the study of a test population, a pathological demineralization threshold of 10%, given that the measurement is expressed in g, has been defined at the level of the forepart of the tarsus. This threshold enables the significant distinction between the test population and a population with algodystrophy. Biphotonic absorptiometry seems to provide a quantitative diagnostic argument to complement the radiographical and scintigraphical examinations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire, CHU Höptial Lapeyronie, Montpellier.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Kotzki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herisson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kotzki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moens
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fajon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: L'absorptiométrie biphotonique du pied: méthodologie et application à l'algodystrophie.