@inproceedings{8b8e587dade44b09986cc681ff8436e3,
title = "Ultrasonic Assessment of the Radius",
abstract = "The objectives of this study were to evaluate the capability of a novel ultrasound device to clinically estimate bone mineral density (BMD) at the 1/3 radius. The device rests on a desktop and is portable, and permits real-time evaluation of the radial BMD. The device measures the time delays associated with three distinct propagation pathways through the forearm, and from these time delays an ultrasound-based estimate, BMDUS, of the BMD is computed. A clinical IRBapproved study measured ultrasonically seventy-eight adults at the 1/3 radius. BMD was also measured ({\textquotedblleft}BMDDXA{\textquotedblright}) at the same anatomical site and time using DXA. A linear regression of BMDDXA vs BMDUS produced a linear correlation coefficient of 0.93 (P<0.001). In conclusion, although x-ray methods are effective in bone mass assessment, osteoporosis remains one of the largest under-diagnosed diseases in the world today. The research described here should enable significant expansion of diagnosis and monitoring of osteoporosis through a desktop device that ultrasonically assesses bone mass at the 1/3 radius.",
keywords = "BMD, DXA, Osteoporosis, Radius, Ultrasound",
author = "Kaufman, \{J. J.\} and Luo, \{G. M.\} and F. Rosete and M. Bucovsky and Stein, \{E. M.\} and E. Shane and Siffert, \{R. S.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 5th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering, 2014 ; Conference date: 16-06-2014 Through 18-06-2014",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-11776-8\_6",
language = "English",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "25--27",
editor = "Toi, \{Vo Van\} and Phuong, \{Tran Ha Lien\}",
booktitle = "5th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam",
address = "Germany",
}