title: International Society for Clinical Densitometry official positions: Asia-Pacific Region consensus.
abstract: The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (lSCD) is a nonprofit multidisciplinary international professional organization. The ISCD mission is to advance excellence in the assessment of skeletal health. To achieve this mission, the ISCD has conducted a number of Position Development Conferences over the past 10yr, bringing together international experts to review and create evidence-based position statements guiding clinicians involved in the area. The Asia-Pacific (AP) Panel of the ISCD was formed to give regional input to the ISCD from the AP Region and to oversee ISCD education and certification programs in the region. An AP Panel consensus meeting recently reviewed the most current Official Positions of the ISCD in view of the different population characteristics and health standards in the region. The reviewed position statements included those for bone testing by central and peripheral devices but did not include ISCD Official Positions on Vertebral Fracture Assessment or pediatric bone mineral density.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. awckung@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: Annie W C
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Chih-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Itabashi
authors.forename: Joon Kiong
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyoung Moo
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yanling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wing P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kendler
authors.forename: Edward S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Leib
authors.forename: E Michael
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lewiecki
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bilezikian
authors.forename: Sanford
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baim
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000592:standards*; D001208:Asia; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010139:Pacific Islands; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical