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2005 ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS

International Society for Clinical Densitometry
11th Annual Meeting February 16 – 19, 2005
The Fairmont Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Congratulations to all contributors of the following 2005 ISCD Annual Meeting abstracts. 


Accepted abracts are listed below in alphabetical order by the first author’s, first name (given name).  Notice of acceptance was sent out to authors via e-mail.  Copyright, disclaimer, review process and information for authors are listed at the bottom of this page.

First Author

A. G. Stern, MD Rheumatologist, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Title

Forearm Bone Density in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis

Poster #

8

   

First Author

A. L. Munoz, MD Internal Medicine. Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Mexico

Title

Screening for Women with Low Bone Density

Poster #

61

 

 

First Author

A.M. Babbitt,, M.D. Greater Portland Bone and Joint Specialists

Title

Forearm DXA and Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA): Their Effect on the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis

Poster #

13

 

 

First Author

Akira Itabashi, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Saitama

Title

Percent of young normals than T-score reduces discrepancy among densitometries

Poster #

59

 

 

First Author

Akira Itabashi, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Saitama

Title

A Japanese woman osteoporotic in Canada and not in Japan

Poster #

24

 

 

First Author

Akira Itabashi, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Saitama

Title

Common scale definitely necessary for patients to accept osteoporosis treatment

Poster #

38

 

 

First Author

Anthony Sebba, MD Assistent Clinical Professor,University of South Florida

Title

WHo are the Failure? Are Losers Failures?

Poster #

69

 

 

First Author

AV Schwartz, PhD University of California San Francisco, San Francisco

Title

Does effect of long-term alendronate use depend on fracture history?

Poster #

68

 

 

First Author

Bo Fan, MD Assistant Researcher, University of California San Francisco

Title

Forearm length measurement errors affect pediatric BMD

Poster #

60

 

 

First Author

C. Barbu, M.D. Asistant Profesor, Endocrinology Department

Title

Quantitative Heel Ultrasound Improves Screening for Osteoporosis comparing to Fracture Risk Evaluation

Poster #

42

 

 

First Author

C.R. Mitchell, Ph.D. Vice President of Research and Development, Alara

Title

Phalangeal Radiographic Absorptiometry: An Effective Method for Osteoporosis Screening

Poster #

65

 

 

First Author

Camille Hemlock, M.D. Medical Director,Texas Department of Aging

Title

Depressed Vitamin D Levels and Ultrasound T Scores in Institutionalized Patients with Mental Retardation

Poster #

52

 

 

First Author

Charles R. Wilson, Ph.D., FACR Associate Professor Radiology

Title

Effective Doses from DXA and VFA Scans

Poster #

10

 

 

First Author

Christine Simonelli, MD Director, HealthEast Osteoporosis Care Service

Title

Costs of Increasing BMD, Reducing Biochemical Markers: Alendronate vs. Risedronate

Poster #

67

 

 

First Author

Christine Simonelli, MD Director, HealthEast Osteoporosis Care Service

Title

Prevalence of Vitamin D Inadequacy in a Non-Traumatic Fracture Population

Poster #

36

 

 

First Author

David Kendler, MD Assistant Proffesor, University of British Columbia

Title

Can DXA detect potential femoral neck diameter therapeutical changes?

Poster #

23

 

 

First Author

David R. Mandel, MD Rheumatologist, Private Practice

Title

Failure to Motivate Orthopedic Surgeons and Neurologists to Refer High Risk Patients for DEXA Exam

Poster #

39

 

 

First Author

Dee Steinberg, CDT Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education

Title

To Morph or Not to Morph?...

Poster #

18

 

 

First Author

Diane Krueger, BS, CCRC, CDTUniversity of Wisconsin Osteoporosis Clinical Reseearch

Title

Does Recent Calcium Supplement Tablet Ingestion Alter Bone Mineral Density Measurement?

Poster #

19

 

 

First Author

E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACPOsteoporosis Director, New Mexico Clinical Research

Title

BMD increases with extended interval ibandronate injection: DIVA 1-year results

Poster #

75

 

 

First Author

Eilish Thornton, St. James Hospital Senior Radiographer, St. James Hospital, Dublin

Title

Comparing AP and lateral spine BMD measurements in post-menopausal females

Poster #

27

 

 

First Author

Elizabeth A. Szalay, MD Associate Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Title

DXA Evaluation in Children with Slipped Epiphysis of the Hip

Poster #

51

 

 

First Author

Ellen M. Evans, AssistantProfessor of Kinesiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title

Body Fatness Affects DXA BMD Measures: A Simulation Study

Poster #

12

 

 

First Author

EM Lewiecki, MD New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center

Title

Evaluation of Osteoporosis Website Quality

Poster #

53

 

 

First Author

Gary M. Kiebzak, PhD Chief Research Scientist, Center for Orthopaedic Research

Title

Variability Around the T-Score Cutpoint of  2.5 Impacts Diagnostic Classification

Poster #

30

 

 

First Author

Gul Bahtiyar, MD Endocrine Fellow, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Title

Assesment of Hypertension as a Risk Factor for Low Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Men

Poster #

40

 

 

First Author

H. Kaessmann, MDDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology

Title

A Surprising Diagnose from a Measurement of Bone Markers

Poster #

57

 

 

First Author

HS Barden, PhD GE Healthcare, Madison, WI

Title

Pediatric DXA Enhancements: Variable Standard Deviations, Total Body Skull Exclusion

Poster #

4

 

 

First Author

Jan M Bruder, MD, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Title

DXA software upgrades   What do they really mean?

Poster #

6

 

 

First Author

Jesse Krakauer, MD, FACPUnaSource Northpointe Health Center, Berkley, MI

Title

Surgical vs. Medical Weight Loss: "Softer" and more "Barrel-like"

Poster #

56

 

 

First Author

John A. Shepherd, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of CA

Title

Universal Method for Monitoring BMD Change when Measured on Different Devices

Poster #

48

 

 

First Author

John Joseph Carey, M.B. The Center for Osteoporosis and Meteabolic Bone Division

Title

LVA increases fracture detection and osteoporosis diagnosis

Poster #

14

 

 

First Author

Julie Morancey, RA., MA Research Assistant, HealthEast Osteoporosis Care

Title

Impact Of Nurse Practitioner (NP) Consultation On Osteoporosis Evaluation And Treatment

Poster #

74

 

 

First Author

Karen E Hansen, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Wis

Title

The Inter-Observer Reproducibility of Criteria for Vertebral Body Exclusion

Poster #

2

 

 

First Author

Karen E Hansen, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Wis

Title

Can an On-Line Osteoporosis Lecture Increase Physician Knowledge and Improve Patient Care?

Poster #

54

 

 

First Author

Kenneth Piper, MD Medical Director -Saint Francis Health System Osteoporosis

Title

Patient and their funny stuff: a quiz on DXA artifacts

Poster #

64

 

 

First Author

KG Faulkner, PhD GE Healthcare, Madison, WI

Title

DXA Precision Error:  The Importance of Technology and Operator Experience

Poster #

9

 

 

First Author

KM Dudzek, Customer Service Director Norland--a CooperSurgical Company

Title

In Vivo Evaluation of Illuminatus, the New Norland Applications Software.

Poster #

22

 

 

First Author

L.G. Jankowski, CDT Chief DXA Technologist, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute

Title

Image Resolution of Bone Densitometers Performing Vertebral Fracture Assessment

Poster #

11

 

 

First Author

Laura D Carbone, MD, MS University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Title

Training Requirements for DXA Technologists in the United States

Poster #

55

 

 

First Author

Low Siew-Leng, Technologist Senior Lab Officer, Dept of Orthopaedic Surger

Title

Assessment Of Osteoporosis Risk In Postmenopausal Women In Singapore

Poster #

26

 

 

First Author

Low Siew-Leng, Technologist Senior Lab Officer, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery

Title

Measurement of tibial subchondral BMD in the knee using DXA

Poster #

20

 

 

First Author

M.A. Krieg, MD, PD Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne

Title

A Practical Non Vertebral Fracture Risk Score Combining Clinical Factors and QUS for 70 Years Old Women and Older: The SEMOF and EPIDOS Prospective Studies

Poster #

43

 

 

First Author

Marsha Zion, MS, MPH Program Manager, Bone Quality Control Center

Title

Longitudinal Evaluation of Vertebral Deformity: Morphometric Radiography versus Morphometric DXA

Poster #

1

 

 

First Author

Mary C. Schoeller, RT(R), CDT Radiology Technologist, HealthEast Osteoporosis Care

Title

Impact of  ISCD Official Positions on Interpretation of Forearm BMD

Poster #

29

 

 

First Author

ME Sherman, CDT Radiology Techniician,University of California San Franscico

Title

DXA Quality Assurance Feedback to Clinical Sites Improves Error Rates

Poster #

33

 

 

First Author

Michael R. McClung, MD Oregon Osteoporosis Center

Title

Weekly Risedronate Prevents Bone Loss in Early Postmenopausal Women

Poster #

62

 

 

First Author

Morteza Bakhtiary, MSc MSc of Medical Physics,Medical Physics Department

Title

Optimization of MR-Relaxometry for BMD-measurements and its Correlation with DEXA

Poster #

50

 

 

First Author

N. Binkley, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Title

High Prevalence of Vitamin D Inadequacy Among North American Women on Therapy for Osteoporosis

Poster #

37

 

 

First Author

Nellie Vallarta-Ast, RT(R), CDTWilliam S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

Title

Characteristics of Men With VFA-Detected Fractures

Poster #

7

 

 

First Author

Nelson B. Watts, MD University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis

Title

Sustained Reduction of Vertebral Fracture Risk after Discontinuation of Risedronate

Poster #

76

 

 

First Author

Norman Gaylis, MD Clinical Investigator Rheumatologist, Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialities

Title

Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Selective Inhibitor Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents on Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in Men and Women

Poster #

63

 

 

First Author

Paul D. Miller, MD Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, CO

Title

BMD increases with monthly and daily oral ibandronate: MOBILE study

Poster #

70

 

 

First Author

Paul D. Miller, MD Medical Director, Colorado Center for Bone Research

Title

Risedronate 15mg/day is Safe Over Wide Range of Renal Function

Poster #

46

 

 

First Author

Paul Miller, MD Colorado Center for Bone Research

Title

Changes in Vertebral Fracture Status Impact DXA Measurements of BMD

Poster #

45

 

 

First Author

Peter Olsson, PhD Student Student, Uppsala University, Sweden

Title

Laser-assisted DXA of the Heel versus Central-DXA

Poster #