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Quality assurance of imaging techniques used in the clinical management of osteoporosis

Controllo di qualità delle tecniche di imaging nella gestione clinica dell’osteoporosi

  • Musculoskeletal Radiology / Radiologia Muscolo-Scheletrica
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Recent advances in the densitometric and imaging techniques involved in the management of osteoporosis are associated with increasing accuracy and precision as well as with higher exposure to ionising radiation. Therefore, special attention to quality assurance (QA) procedures is needed in this field. The development of effective and efficient QA programmes is mandatory to guarantee optimal image quality while reducing radiation exposure levels to the ALARA principle (as low as reasonably achievable). In this review article, the basic QA procedures are discussed for the techniques applied to everyday clinical practice.

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I recenti progressi nelle tecniche di densitometria e di imaging nella diagnosi dell’osteoporosi sono associati ad una crescente accuratezza e precisione cosÌ come ad una maggiore esposizione a radiazioni ionizzanti. In questo campo è pertanto richiesta una particolare attenzione alle procedure di controllo di qualità (Quality Assurance, QA). Lo sviluppo di programmi di QA efficaci ed efficienti è necessario al fine di garantire una qualità dell’immagine ottimale e al contempo di ridurre i livelli di esposizione alle radiazioni secondo il principio ALARA (cioè al livello più basso ragionevolmente ottenibile). In questa review sono trattate le procedure base di QA per le metodiche di imaging adoperate nella pratica clinica quotidiana.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto 1, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    G. Guglielmi

  2. Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” Hospital, Viale Cappuccini 1, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy

    G. Guglielmi

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    J. Damilakis & G. Solomou

  4. Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    J. Damilakis & G. Solomou

  5. Imaging Division, Clinical Department of Radiological and Histocytopathological Sciences, University of Bologna, Sant’Orsola, Malpighi Hospital, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    A. Bazzocchi

  6. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, “Rizzoli” Orthopaedic Institute, Via G.C. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    A. Bazzocchi

  7. Department of Radiology, University of Foggia, Viale L. Pinto 1, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    G. Guglielmi

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Guglielmi, G., Damilakis, J., Solomou, G. et al. Quality assurance of imaging techniques used in the clinical management of osteoporosis. Radiol med 117, 1347–1354 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-012-0881-z

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