32 Arbune Manuela str. 8. N. Alexandrescu Str, Bl. B4B, Ap. 19, Galati, Romania, zip code 800121, [email protected] Abstract. Evaluation of bone density in HIV patients is recommended by the present international guidelines for HIV management, but it is not a routine practice in Romania until now. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of osteopenia in HIV+ patients from Ga...

Purpose: The purpose of the research was to study the relationship between menopausal status and bone structure during the menopausal transition. Methods: A random sample of 1932 Hungarian women was enrolled in the study. Bone mass was estimated by the Drinkwater-Ross method. Bone structure parameters were assessed by a quantitative ultrasound (QUS) device. High and very high risk of osteoporos...

Osteoporosis is known as a silent disease because bone density slowly decreases with advancing age and without symptoms. The incidence of osteoporosis is increasing yearly worldwide. Measuring bone mineral density (BMD) using conventional bone densitometry (DXA) is practical in diagnosis of osteoporosis but the cost is high and cannot be implemented in community. However, quantitative

Background/introduction Task Group (TG) 241 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), operating under the Work Group for Technology Assessment in ImageGuided Interventions, was formed in September of 2013 with an international membership of experts from MRguided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), focused ultrasound and ultrasound physics, radiation oncology, industry and federal a...