Assessment of arthritis with BoneXpert
Two new papers report the use of BoneXpert to assess rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. They exploit the recent extension of BoneXpert’s measurement of cortical thickness in the metacarpals to adults.
Note: BHI is not for clinical use in the U.S.
The world’s first osteoporosis screening
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s first public presentation of the new X-rays took place on the 23rd of January 1896 in Würzburg.
The Swiss anatomist Albert von Kölliker volunteered to have his hand X-rayed during the lecture, and the resulting image has now been analysed with a new version of BoneXpert, presented in the Archives of Osteoporosis
New paper on Bone Health Index
Osteoporosis International has published a paper on a new pediatric bone index in BoneXpert (also known as the Bone Health Index, BHI). The full text of the paper is freely avaliable as a pdf