Evaluation of tibial cortical bone by ultrasound velocity in oriental females

The British Journal of Radiology
S F WangM M Teng

Abstract

In order to evaluate the feasibility of detecting bone status by measuring cortical ultrasound velocity, ultrasonic transmission velocity of the anterior cortex of shin was measured on 175 normal Chinese females aged 31-75 years (mean 52.3 +/- SD 9.1 years). The data were compared with bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and/or hip measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), which was performed on the same day as speed of sound (SOS) examination. Comparison was made with SOS of Caucasian women previously reported in the literature. SOS of three volunteers measured by two different operators were also enrolled in our study for precision testing. The mean value of SOS of the 175 females was 3850.7 +/- 119.3 m s-1 (range: 3411.7-4220.5 m s-1), the peak value being in the fourth decade. The rate of decrease of transmission velocity per decade from fourth decade to fifth decade was 1.7%, while that of fifth decade to sixth decade was 2.2% and that of sixth decade to seventh decade was 4.0%. The interoperative and intraoperative coefficient variance with and without reposition were under 0.32%. SOS moderately correlated with BMD at different sites, the best correlation being with the lumbar spine anteroposterior pr...Continue Reading

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