Fig. 6.1 Lumbar spine scans in infants showing (a) anterior-posterior “breathing” movement, (b) lateral movement, and (c) no movement Contemporary software versions have edge detection algorithms that function well for…
Fig. 12.1 (a) Radiograph of an infant’s lower leg, showing metaphyseal fractures of the distal tibia (arrows). (b) Metaphyseal fracture of the left distal tibia in a 2-month-old (arrow) Fig….
• Diagnosis • Fracture history • Medication use (steroid, anticonvulsant, and bisphosphonate) • Status of hips (dislocation, past surgery) • Presence of nonremovable orthopedic or internal hardware and location (plates,…
Fig. 13.1 High-resolution MR image showing bright bone marrow, dark cortical bone, and trabecular bone (a) Tibia (b) radius and (c) Proximal femur Cortical Bone MRI Cortical bone MRI, especially…
Fig. 11.1 Plots of cortical bone mineral density (Ct.BMD; (a), cortical porosity (Ct.Po; b), cortical area (Ct.Ar; c), and failure load (d) measured at the distal radius with high-resolution peripheral…
Fig. 10.1 (a) A pictorial review of the Genant semiquantitative method for vertebral fracture assessment: (a) Anterior wedge fracture: measure the anterior height loss relative to posterior height (i.e. ratio = (P−A)/P × 100 %)….
Fig. 8.1 Spine BMD-for-age reference curve for infants , birth to 12 months. Taken from Gallo et al. [58]. Data were obtained on a Hologic QDR 4500A (n = 59) Fig. 8.2…
I. Patient & provider information Patient name Medical record number Date of birth Gender Ethnicity/race Referring physician/provider Measured weight, height (specify units: kg/Ib; cm/in) Calculated BMI,…
Calcium Vitamin Da Age RDAb (mg/d) ULc (mg/d) RDAb (IU/d) ULc (IU/d) 0–6 months (200)d 1000 (400)d 1000 6–12 months (260)d 1500 (400)d 1500 1–3 years 700 2500…
The decision to perform a DXA in an individual patient with any of the following disorders should be influenced by disease severity and other clinical risk factors for poor bone…
