ReviewWorld journal of radiology2013
Screening and early diagnosis of osteoporosis through X-ray and ultrasound based techniques.
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- CircRNAs as biomarkers for osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Does exercise affect bone mineral density and content when added to a calorie-restricted diet? A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Pooled it
- 2015 Guidelines for Osteoporosis in Saudi Arabia: Recommendations from the Saudi Osteoporosis Society.Annals of Saudi medicineGuideline
- Effect of Lifestyle Modification Intervention Programme on Bone Mineral Density among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2023Trial
- A 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial With Low-Dose B-Vitamin Supplementation Shows Benefits on Bone Mineral Density in Adults With Lower B12 Status.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022Trial
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- Development and evaluation of a machine learning model for osteoporosis risk prediction in Korean women.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Osteoporosis Evaluation by Radiofrequency Echographic Multispectrometry (REMS) in Primary Healthcare.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Patterns and Correlates of Bone Mineral Density Parameters Measured Using Calcaneus Quantitative Ultrasound in Chinese Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- A new superfluity deep learning model for detecting knee osteoporosis and osteopenia in X-ray images.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Clinical Validation of a Deep Learning-Based Software for Lumbar Bone Mineral Density and T-Score Prediction from Chest X-ray Images.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Theoretical and experimental study of attenuation in cancellous bone.Journal of biomedical optics · 2024Article
- Study of Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Bone Composite Structures for Revealing Osteoporosis Diagnostic Indicators.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- MicroRNAs as potential biopredictors for premenopausal osteoporosis: a biochemical and molecular study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- To segment or not to segment: COVID-19 detection for chest X-rays.Informatics in medicine unlocked · 2023Article
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Abstract
Effective prevention and management of osteoporosis would require suitable methods for population screenings and early diagnosis. Current clinically-available diagnostic methods are mainly based on the use of either X-rays or ultrasound (US). All X-ray based methods provide a measure of bone mineral density (BMD), but it has been demonstrated that other structural aspects of the bone are important in determining fracture risk, such as mechanical features and elastic properties, which cannot be assessed using densitometric techniques. Among the most commonly used techniques, dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the current "gold standard" for osteoporosis diagnosis and fracture risk prediction. Unfortunately, as other X-ray based techniques, DXA has specific limitations (e.g., use of ionizing radiation, large size of the equipment, high costs, limited availability) that hinder its application for population screenings and primary care diagnosis. This has resulted in an increasing interest in developing reliable pre-screening tools for osteoporosis such as quantitative ultrasound (QUS) scanners, which do not involve ionizing radiation exposure and represent a cheaper solution exploiting portable and widely available devices. Furthermore, the usefulness of QUS techniques in fracture risk prediction has been proven and, with the last developments, they are also becoming a more and more reliable approach for assessing bone quality. However, the US assessment of osteoporosis is currently used only as a pre-screening tool, requiring a subsequent diagnosis confirmation by means of a DXA evaluation. Here we illustrate the state of art in the early diagnosis of this "silent disease" and show up recent advances for its prevention and improved management through early diagnosis.
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