Vol 8, No 1 (February 27, 2018): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (Imaging and Diagnostics of Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Special Issue)

Editorial

What is changed in the diagnosis of osteoporosis: the role of radiologists
Giuseppe Guglielmi, Rosario Francesco Balzano, Xiaoguang Cheng
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Original Article

Trabecular bone microstructure is impaired in the proximal femur of human immunodeficiency virus-infected men with normal bone mineral density
Galateia J. Kazakia, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Andrew Lai, Lorenzo Nardo, Luca Facchetti, Courtney Pasco, Chiyuan A. Zhang, Misung Han, Amanda Hutton Parrott, Phyllis Tien, Roland Krug
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3D bone texture analysis as a potential predictor of radiation-induced insufficiency fractures
Valerio Nardone, Paolo Tini, Stefania Croci, Salvatore Francesco Carbone, Lucio Sebaste, Tommaso Carfagno, Giuseppe Battaglia, Pierpaolo Pastina, Giovanni Rubino, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Luigi Pirtoli
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Longitudinal CT study of sarcopenia due to hepatic failure after living donor liver transplantation
Takahiro Onuma, Tamotsu Kamishima, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Norio Kawamura, Kenichiro Yamashita, Kenneth Sutherland, Hiroshi Takeda
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Application of low-tube current with iterative model reconstruction on Philips Brilliance iCT Elite FHD in the accuracy of spinal QCT using a European spine phantom
Yan Wu, Yaojun Jiang, Xueli Han, Mingyue Wang, Jianbo Gao
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Review Article

Osteoporosis: what the clinician needs to know?
Rosario Francesco Balzano, Maria Mattera, Xiaoguang Cheng, Samantha Cornacchia, Giuseppe Guglielmi
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Site specific measurements of bone formation using [18F] sodium fluoride PET/CT
Glen M. Blake, Tanuj Puri, Musib Siddique, Michelle L. Frost, Amelia E. B. Moore, Ignac Fogelman
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Quantitative imaging techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis and sarcopenia
Sara Guerri, Daniele Mercatelli, Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Alessandro Napoli, Giuseppe Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Alberto Bazzocchi
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Diagnostic imaging of osteoporosis and sarcopenia: a narrative review
Carmelo Messina, Gabriele Maffi, Jacopo Antonino Vitale, Fabio Massimo Ulivieri, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Luca Maria Sconfienza
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Clinical utilities of quantitative ultrasound in osteoporosis associated with inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Win Min Oo, Vasikaran Naganathan, Myat Thae Bo, David J. Hunter
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Disclosure:

This focused issue “Imaging and Diagnostics of Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia” was commissioned by the editorial office, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Giuseppe Guglielmi and Xiaoguang Cheng served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.