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Alphabet Soup - Decoded
Nov 21, 2023
Medical Science is full of acronyms - here is a list of those commonly used on this site!
- BMD - Bone Mineral Density - A measure of bone health that compares your bone density, or mass, to that of a healthy person who is the same age and sex as you are.
- DXA - Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry - commonly used method of determining bone density using two x-ray beams of relatively low and differing energy levels to assess the capacity of the bone to attenuate the beams.
- FS - Fragility Score - a measure of bone quality and fracture risk available through REMS
- Osteopenia - low bone mass or decreased calcification of bone without the clinically increased risk of fracture.
- Osteoporosis - "systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to enhanced bone fragility and consequent increase in fracture risk' (National Institutes of Health and the National Osteoporosis Foundation)
- QUS - Quantitative Ultrasound
- REMS - Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry - an ultrasound-based method of assessing bone density and quality.
- ROI - Region of Interest - where the bone health is assessed - generally the spine and hips.