Quantitative ultrasonic densitometry
— a method of definition of a condition of bones on speed of passage of ultrasonic waves
and their absorption by a bone fabric. The ultrasonic densitometry is a method of early diagnostics of an osteoporosis,
It is applied only to peripheral departments of a skeleton (basically a calcaneal bone),
as the divergence of indicators because of variability of structure of a bone of vertebras and a femur neck is observed.
The ultrasonic densitometry allows to allocate risk factor and is characterized by absence of beam loading on the patient.
