title: Standards and measurements for assessing bone health-workshop report co-sponsored by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
abstract: This article reports and discusses the results of the recent ISCD-NIST Workshop on Standards and Measurements for Assessing Bone Health. The purpose of the workshop was to assess the status of efforts to standardize and compare results from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans, and then to identify and prioritize ongoing measurement and standards needs.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. herbert.bennett@nist.gov
authors.forename: Herbert S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dienstfrey
authors.forename: Lawrence T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oreskovic
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fuerst
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D015519:Bone Density; D002138:Calibration; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011786:Quality Control; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012015:Reference Standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012952:Societies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical