title: [Radiological assessment of bone quality].
abstract: Structural property of bone includes micro- or nano-structural property of the trabecular and cortical bone, and macroscopic geometry. Radiological technique is useful to analyze the bone structural property;micro-CT or synchrotron-CT is available to analyze micro- or nano-structural property of bone samples ex vivo, and multi-detector row CT(MDCT)or high-resolution peripheral QCT(HR-pQCT)is available to analyze human bone in vivo. For the analysis of hip geometry, CT-based hip structure analysis(HSA)is available aw sell se radiography and DXA-based HSA. These structural parameters are related to biomechanical property, and these assessment tools provide information of pathological changes or the effects of anti-osteoporotic agents on bone.
authors.affiliation: Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Nagasaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000517:prevention & control; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D012306:Risk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents