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3. Quality and Performance Measures in Bone Densitometry |
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| Institution: | 3.2.2.1 Short-term Imprecision 3.2.2.2 Long-term Imprecision 3.2.3 Clinical Limitations of Physical Performance Measures 3.3 Diagnostic Performance Measures |
| Abstract: | 3.3.1 Conceptual Definition of Osteoporosis 3.3.2 Diagnostic Criteria for the Individual Patient 3.3.2.1 Fracture Status 3.3.2.2 Low Bone Mineral Density Absolute Values Percent Decrements T-score and Z-score 3.3.2.3 Clinical Limitations of the WHO Definition of Osteoporosis 3.3.3 Diagnostic Performance of Techniques 3.3.3.1 Concepts of Diagnostic Performance Diagnostic Response and Diagnostic Power Standardized Bias Sensitivity–Specificity Analysis Analysis of the Area Under the Receiver Operator Curve 3.3.4 Reference Data 3.3.5 Clinical Limitations of Bone Mineral Density as Diagnostic Criterion 3.4 Performance Measures to Assess Fracture Risk3.4.1 Relevance of Fracture Risk Assessment 3.4.2 Basic Definitions 3.4.3 Risk Factors and Fracture Risk |