Fig. 1 Conventional lateral thoracic spine radiographs demonstrating vertebral fractures. a Osteoporotic fractures at the mid thoracic spine with slight anterior wedging of the vertebral bodies (arrows). b Mild anterior wedging…

Fig. 1 BMD calibration phantoms. a Shows the solid-state Mindways (short arrow) and Image Analysis (long arrow), phantoms which are based on the original “Cann-Genant” phantom. b Depicts the two element…

Fig. 1 From birth, red marrow converts to fatty marrow from the periphery to the central skeleton. Superimposed on this centripedal pattern, red marrow converts to fatty marrow in the tubular…

Age (years) Chinese a, f (%) Japanese b, g (%) Latin American c, g (%) European d, g (%) American (white) e, g (%) 50 ~ 59  2.7 6.9 6.3  60 ~ 69 10.8…

Fig. 1 DXA of the lumbar spine. a Patient positioned on DXA scanner (with fixed over-couch arm) for postero-anterior (PA – the X-ray source is below the table and the detectors…

Fig. 1 DXA scan results at the hip in a 67-year-old woman with a history of proximal humerus fracture. The femoral neck T-score is −2.3. The FRAX results are shown on…

Fig. 1 85-year-old woman with severe back pain from L1 fracture with mild retropulsion. Unilateral transpedicular kyphoplasty results in pain relief. CT of the lumbar spine, coronal (a) and sagittal (b)…

Fig. 1 HR-pQCT. Normal morphology and pathologic examples of the ultradistal tibia. a Normal tibial bone microstructure in a middle-aged woman; b + c postmenopausal osteoporosis; d premenopausal osteoporosis; e young patient with…

Fig. 1 Description of BUA where (a) the amplitude spectra for a sample and reference material are compared resulting in (b) attenuation as a function of frequency. Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA)…