title: [Assessment of the diagnostic quality of radiography, xerography and computerized bone mineralometry in cases of osteoporosis].
abstract: The results of a study conducted on 40 osteoporotic subjects of both sexes aged 40-80 are reported with a comparison of the diagnosis of the nature and degree of the osteoporosis obtained by traditional radiography and xerography and, on the same subjects, by computerised bone mineralometry. The latter technique provided accurate and fairly early diagnosis in all subjects considered and it is therefore indicated as an elective method for the diagnosis of suspected osteoporosis. Xerography proved the most reliable of the traditional techniques. It should also be noted that in terms of protection against radiation, BMC is distinctly preferable to other radiological examination techniques since total radiation dose is very small.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014986:Xeroradiography
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals
vernacular_title: Controllo di qualità diagnostica tra radiografia, xerografia e mineralometria ossea computerizzata in casi di osteoporosi.