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Quantitative Ultrasound--it is time to focus research efforts.
Article in Bone, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Update on Imaging-Based Measurement of Bone Mineral Density and Quality.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
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- Quantitative ultrasound in relation to risk factors for low bone mineral density in South African pre-menopausal women.Archives of osteoporosis · 2009Article
- Bone turnover markers are correlated with quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus: 5-year longitudinal data.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2009Article
- Ultrasonic assessment of the radius in vitro.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2008Article
- Quantitative bone US measurements in neonates and their mothers.Pediatric radiology · 2008Article
- A method for improved standardization of in vivo calcaneal time-domain speed-of-sound measurements.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2008Article
- Quantitative ultrasound does not identify patients with an inflammatory disease at risk of vertebral deformities.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2008Article
- The effect of phase cancellation on estimates of broadband ultrasound attenuation and backscatter coefficient in human calcaneus in vitro.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2008Article
- Combining clinical factors and quantitative ultrasound improves the detection of women both at low and high risk for hip fracture.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2007Article
- [Metabolic bone diseases].Der Internist · 2007Article
- The dependence of time-domain speed-of-sound measurements on center frequency, bandwidth, and transit-time marker in human calcaneus in vitro.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2007Article
- The effect of phase cancellation on estimates of calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation in vivo.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2007Article
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Abstract
Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) methods show great potential for refined assessment of bone strength. However, for widespread clinical acceptance, three issues have to be resolved: Will patients with low QUS readings benefit from approved osteoporosis medications? How can we ensure good quality of QUS measurements in daily clinical practice? How much added value does QUS bring to risk factor based case-finding strategies? When addressing these issues, differences among QUS approaches need to be recognized and vague and misleading terminology, e.g., regarding bone quality assessment, needs to be avoided. Innovations including assessment of material or micro-structural properties and direct QUS measurements at the proximal femur are likely to spark additional interest in pursuing QUS research.
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