Published in MPW, 5 Nov 2013
Researchers in the UK and Greece have developed a technique that assesses the quality of bone in three dimensions. The technique, which uses CT to measure a bone’s ratio of calcium to phosphorous, could help in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis causes bones to become much weaker than normal, and more liable to fracture. According to worldwide figures from the World Health Organization, the condition causes some nine million fractures every year, more than 4.5 million of which are in the Americas and Europe. […]
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