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If you would like further information or a hard copy of one of these full papers, please contact us. For Tetrax clinical articles, please see the list of references for Tetrax clinical articles. Full Papers Osteoporosis Management Discriminatory ability of magnetic resonance T2* measurements in a sample of postmenopausal women with     low-energy fractures: a comparison with phalangeal speed of sound and dual x-ray absorptiometry     J. Damilakis , T. Maris , G. Papadokostakis , L. Sideri , N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2004 Speed of sound in bone at the tibia: is it related to lower limb bone mineral density in spinal-cord-injured individuals?     L M. Giangregorio , C.E. Webber     Published 2004 The Evaluation of Renal Osteodystrophy with Cortical Quantitative Ultrasound at Various Bone Sites     J.A.C. da Costa, J.A.S. de Costa, M.C. Foss     Published 2004 Bone mineral density-independent association of quantitative ultrasound measurements and fracture risk in women     T.V. Nguyen, J.R. Center, John A. Eisman     Published 2004 Bone status in rheumatoid arthritis assessed at peripheral sites by three different quantitative ultrasound devices      O.R. Madsen, C. Suetta, C. Egsmose, J.S. Lorentzen, O.H. Sorensen     Published 2004 Discrimination of hip fractures by quantitative ultrasound of the phalanges and the calcaneus      and dual X-ray absorptiometry     J. Damilakis, G. Papadokostakis, K. Perisinakis, T. Maris, P. Dimitriou, A. Hadjipavlou, N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2004 Bilateral variation in radial bone speed of sound     H. Vrahoriti, J. Damilakis, G. Papadokostakis, A. Hadjipavlou, N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2004 Can geometry-based parameters from pQCT and material parameters from quantitative ultrasound (QUS)      improve the prediction of radial bone strength over that by bone mass (DXA)?     M. Hudelmaier, V. Kuhn, E.M. Lochmuller, H. Well, M. Priemel, T.M. Link, F. Eckstein     Published 2004 Ultrasound velocity through the cortex of phalanges, radius, and tibia in normal and osteoporotic postmenopausal     women using a new multisite quantitative ultrasound device     J. Damilakis , G. Papadokostakis , H. Vrahoriti , I. Tsagaraki , K. Perisinakis , A. Hadjipavlou , N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2003 Monitoring response to osteoporosis therapy with alendronate by a multisite ultrasound device: a prospective study     M. Weiss, M. Koren-Michowitz, E. Segal, S. Ish-Shalom     Published 2003 Can radial bone mineral density and quantitative ultrasound measurements reduce the number of women who need     axial density skeletal assessment?     J. Damilakis, G. Papadokostakis, K. Perisinakis, A. Hadjipavlou, N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2003 An investigation of unique and shared gene effects on speed of sound and bone density using axial transmission     quantitative ultrasound and DXA in twins     K.M. Knapp, T. Andrew, A.J. MacGregor, G.M. Blake, I. Fogelman, T.D. Spector     Published 2003 Effect of alendronate and exercise on bone and physical performance of postmenopausal women:     a randomized controlled trial     K. Uusi-Rasi, P. Kannus, S. Cheng, H. Sievanen, M. Pasanen, A. Heinonen, A. Nenonen, J. Halleen, T. Fuerst, H. Genant, I. Vuori     Published 2003 Risperidone, but Not Olanzapine, Decreases Bone Mineral Density in Female Premenopausal Schizophrenia Patients     D. Becker, O. Liver, R. Mester, M. Rapoport, A. Weizman, M. Weiss     Published 2003 Bone density in axial and appendicular skeleton in patients with lactose intolerance: influence of calcium intake and     vitamin D status     E. Segal, L. Dvorkin, A. Lavy, G.S. Rozen, I. Yaniv, B. Raz, A. Tamir, S. Ish-Shalom     Published 2003 Predicting the failure load of the distal radius     M.E. Muller, C.E. Webber, M.L. Bouxsein     Published 2003 Discordant effect of body mass index on bone mineral density and speed of sound     M. Steinschneider, P. Hagag, M. J. Rapoport and M. Weiss     Published 2003 Association between polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E, bone mineral density of the lower forearm, quantitative      ultrasound of the calcaneus and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women with hip or lower forearm fracture     H.P. Sennels, J.C. Sand, B. Madsen, J.B. Lauritzen, M. Fenger, H.L. Jorgensen     Published 2003 Relation of PvuII site polymorphism in the COL1A2 gene to the risk of fractures in prepubertal Finnish girls     M. Suuriniemi, A. Mahonen, V. Kovanen, M. Alen, S. Cheng     Published 2003 Ultrasound velocity through the cortex of phalanges, radius, and tibia in normal and osteoporotic postmenopausal     women using a new multisite quantitative ultrasound device     J. Damilakis, G. Papadokostakis, H. Vrahoriti, I. Tsagaraki, K. Perisinakis, A. Hadjipavlou, N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2003 Hip Fracture Discrimination Study: QUS of the Radius and the Calcaneum     D. Hans, L. Genton, S. Allaoua, C. Pichard, D. Slosman     Published 2003 Differential effects of hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density and axial      transmission ultrasound measurements in cortical bone     K.M. Knapp, G.M. Blake, T.D. Spector, I. Fogelman     Published 2003 Multisite Quantitative Ultrasound: Colles' Fracture Discrimination in Postmenopausal Women     K.M. Knapp, G.M. Blake, I. Fogelman, D.V. Doyle, T.D. Spector     Published 2002 North American Male Reference Population for Speed of Sound in Bone at Multiple Skeletal Sites     S.R. Hayman, W.M. Drake, D.L. Kendler, W.P. Olszynski, C.E. Webber, C.J. Rosen, H.K. Genant,     E.S. Orwoll, L.E. Pickard, J.D. Adachi     Published 2002 Measurement of Bone Adjacent to Tibial Shaft Fracture     S.C. Findlay, R. Eastell and B.M. Ingle     Published 2002 Early Postmenopausal Bone Loss in Hyperthyroidism     A. Ben-Shlomo, P. Hagag, S. Evans, M. Weiss     Published 2001 Assessment of Bone Status Using Speed of Sound at Multiple Anatomical Sites     C. F. Njeh, I. Saeed, M. Grigorian, D. L. Kendler, B. Fan, J. Shepherd, M. McClung, W. M. Drake, H. K. Genant     Published 2001 Multisite bone ultrasound measurement on a North American Female Reference Population     W.M. Drake, C.F. Njeh, M. McClung, H. K Genant, C. Rosen, N. Watts, D. L. Kendler     Published 2001 Multisite Quantitative Ultrasound: Precision, Age- and Menopause-related Changes, Fracture Discrimination, and     T-score Equivalence with Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry     K.M. Knapp, G.M. Blake, T.D. Spector, I. Fogelman     Published 2001 Reference Database for Bone Speed of Sound Measurement by a Novel Quantitative Multi-site Ultrasound Device     M. Weiss, A. Ben Shlomo, P. Hagag, M. Rapoport     Published 2000 Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Speed of Sound at Multiple Skeletal Sites     M. Weiss, A. Ben Shlomo, P. Hagag, M. Rapoport, S. Ish-Shalom     Published 2000 Discrimination of Proximal Hip Fracture by Quantitative Ultrasound Measurement at the Radius     M. Weiss, A. Ben-Shlomo, P. Hagag, S. Ish-Shalom     Published 2000 A New Method For Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements At Multiple Skeletal Sites - First Results Of     Precision And Fracture Discrimination     R. Barkmann, E. Kantorovich, C. Singal, D. Hans, H.K. Genant, M. Heller, C. Glüer     Published 2000 Estimation of Wrist Fracture Load Using Phalangeal Speed of Sound: An In Vitro Study     C.F. Njeh , C. Wu, B. Fan, D. Hans, T. Fuerst, Y. He, H.K. Genant     Published 2000 Does Combining the Results from Multiple Bone Sites Measured by a New Quantitative Ultrasound Device     Improve Discrimination of Hip Fracture?     D. Hans, S.K. Srivastav, C. Singal, R. Barkmann, C.F. Njeh, E. Kantorovich, C. Glüer, H.K. Genant     Published 1999 Bone Age Assessment Assessment of skeletal age at the wrist in children with a new ultrasound device     H.J. Mentzel, C. Vilser, M. Eulenstein, T. Schwartz, S. Vogt, J. Böttcher, I. Yaniv, L. Tsoref, E. Kauf, W.A. Kaiser     Published 2005 Pediatric Bone Assessment Longitudinal Monitoring of Bone Measured by Quantitative Multisite Ultrasound in Patients with     Crohn's Disease     Z. Zadik, T. Sinai, A. Zung, R. Reifen     Published 2005 Longitudinal monitoring of bone accretion measured by quantitative multi-site ultrasound (QUS)     of bones in patients with delayed puberty (a pilot study)     Z. Zadik, T. Sinai, A. Zung, R. Reifen     Published 2004 Bone Quantitative Ultrasound and Bone Mineral Density in Children with Celiac Disease     C. Hartman, B. Hino, A. Lerner, O. Eshach-Adiv, D. Berkowitz, R. Shaoul, A. Pacht, E. Rozenthal, A. Tamir,     H. Shamaly, R. Shamir     Published 2004 Higher tibial quantitative ultrasound in young female swimmers     B. Falk, Z. Bronshtein, L. Zigel, N. Constantini, A. Eliakim     Published 2004 Bone ultrasound velocity of appropriately grown for gestational age concordant twins     Y. Littner, D. Mandel, S. Cohen, F.B. Mimouni, S. Dollberg     Published 2004 Assessment of Osteoporosis by Quantitative Ultrasound versus Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in Children      with Chronic Rheumatic Diseases     C. Hartman, R. Shamir, O. Eshach-Adiv, G. Iosilevsky, R. Brik     Published 2004 Bone Mass Evaluation in Children - Comparison Between Methods     F. B. Mimouni, Y. Littner     Published 2004 Bone turnover markers and bone strength during the first weeks of life in very low birth weight      premature infants     I. Litmanovitz, T. Dolfin, R. Regev, S. Arnon, O. Friedland, R. Shainkin-Kestenbaum, M. Lis, A. Eliakim     Published 2004 Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements in Children and Adolescents with: Type 1 Diabetes     J. Damilakis, E. Galanakis, D. Mamoulakis, S. Sbyrakis, N. Gourtsoyiannis     Published 2004 Bone quantitative ultrasound and nutritional status in severely handicapped institutionalized children and adolescents     C. Hartman, R. Brik, A. Tamir, J. Merrick, R. Shamir     Published 2004 Decreased Bone Ultrasound Velocity in Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants     Y. Littner, D. Mandel, F.B. Mimouni, S. Dollberg     Published 2004 The use of quantitative ultrasound in assessing bone status in newborn preterm infants     L. Pereda, T. Ashmeade, J. Zaritt, J.D. Carver     Published 2003 Pediatric reference curves for multi-site quantitative ultrasound and its modulators     Z. Zadik, D. Price, G. Diamond     Published 2003 Assessment of the tibia using ultrasonic guided waves in pubertal girls     P. Moilanen, P.H. Nicholson, T. Karkkainen, Q. Wang, J. Timonen, S. Cheng     Published 2003 Early Physical Activity Intervention Prevents Decrease of Bone Strength in Very Low Birth Weight Infants     I. Litmanovitz, T. Dolfin, O. Friedland, S. Arnon, R. Regev, R. Shainkin-Kestenbaum, M. Lis, A. Eliakim     Published 2003 Osteoporosis in Pediatrics     C. Hartman, Z. Hochberg, R. Shamir     Published 2003 Quantitative Ultrasound of the Tibia and Radius in Prepubertal and Early-Pubertal Female Athletes     B. Falk, Z. Bronshtein, L. Zigel, N.W. Constantini, A. Eliakim     Published 2003 Bone Ultrasound Velocity Curves of Newly Born Term and Preterm Infants     Y. Littner, D. Mandel, F.B. Mimouni, S. Dollberg     Published 2003 Use of quantitative ultrasound to assess osteopenia in children with Crohn disease     A. Levine, L. Mishna, A. Ballin, S. Givoni, G. Dinari, C. Hartman, R. Shamir     Published 2002 Spontaneous Activity in Premature Infants Affects Bone Strength     A. Eliakim, D. Nemet, O. Friedland, T. Dolfin, R.H. Regev     Published 2002 Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of Bone Speed of Sound in Premature Infants     D. Nemet, T. Dolfin, B. Wolach, A. Eliakim     Published 2001 Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of Bone Strength in Obese Children and Adolescents     A. Eliakim, D. Nemet, B. Wolach     Published 2001 Omnipath® Technology Ultrasound Velocity and Cortical Bone Characteristics In Vivo     H. Sievanen, S. Cheng, S. Ollikainen, K. Uusi-Rasi     Published 2001 An In Vitro Investigation of the Dependence on Sample Thickness of the Speed of Sound along the Specimen     C.F. Njeh, D. Hans, C. Wu, E. Kantorovich, M. Sister, T. Fuerst, H.K. Genant     Published 1999 Veterinary Bone Assessment Equine third metacarpal bone assessment by quantitative ultrasound and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry: an ex vivo study     Carstanjen B., Duboeuf F., Detilleux J., Lepage O.M.     Published 2003 Dorsal metacarpal cortex ultrasound speed and bone size and shape     Davies, H.M.     Published 2002 Use of multisite quantitative ultrasonography for noninvasive assessment of bone in horses     Carstanjen B., Lepage O.M., Detilleux J., Duboeuf F., Amory H.     Published 2002 Non-Invasive Assessment of Equine Bone: An Update     O.M. LePage, B. Carstanjen, D. Uebelhart     Published 2001 Abstracts Abstracts 2006 (7 abstracts) Abstracts 2005 (7 abstracts) Abstracts 2004 (9 abstracts) Abstracts 2003 (14 abstracts) Abstracts 2002 (27 abstracts) Abstracts 2001 (27 abstracts) Abstracts 2000 (23 abstracts) Abstracts 1999 (15 abstracts) Abstracts 1998 (6 abstracts)