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English: X-ray of the hand of a 7.60 year old female, with automatic calculation of bone age by BoneXpert. The bone age is 7.38 by the Greulich and Pyle algorithm, and 8.16 by the second Tanner Whitehouse algorithm.
Juvenile osteoporosis is osteoporosis in children and adolescents. Osteoporosis is rare in children and adolescents. When it occurs, it is usually secondary to some other condition, [1] e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, eating disorders or arthritis. In some cases, there is no known cause and it is called idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis ...
X-ray of a left hand, with automatic calculation of bone age by a computer software. Bone age is the degree of a person's skeletal development. In children, bone age serves as a measure of physiological maturity and aids in the diagnosis of growth abnormalities, endocrine disorders, and other medical conditions.
Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek ῥαχίτης rhakhítēs, [6] meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and may have either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. [2]
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA scan) is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is diagnosed when the bone mineral density is less than or equal to 2.5 standard deviations below that of a young (30–40-year-old [4]:58), healthy adult women reference population.
It typically occurs as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand. [2] Risk factors include osteoporosis. [2] The diagnosis may be confirmed via X-rays. [2] The tip of the ulna may also be broken. [4] Treatment may include casting or surgery. [3] Surgical reduction and casting is possible in the majority of cases in people over the age of 50. [5]
The first atlas published in 1898 by John Poland consisted of x-ray images of the left hand and wrist. [6] Since then, updated atlases of the left hand and wrist have appeared, [citation needed] along with atlases of the foot and ankle, [7] knee, [8] and elbow. [9]
To do this, though, they may expose a person to 100 to 250 times the radiation dose compared to a chest x-ray. [2] Radiation Safety Issues: There are risks from ionising radiation that are comprehensively studied in the survivors of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. Longitudinal studies led by the National Academy of Sciences in the United ...