OFFICIAL POSITIONS CITATIONS

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) is a not-for-profit multidisciplinary professional society with a mission to enhance knowledge and quality of bone densitometry among healthcare professionals, provide continuing education courses for clinicians and technologists, increase patient awareness and access to bone densitometry, and support clinical and scientific advances in the field.

With the evolution of bone densitometry, differences in technologies, acquisition techniques, reference databases, reporting methods, and terminology have developed. These differences may have adverse effects on patient care and the exchange of scientific information. To address these issues, the ISCD periodically holds Position Development Conferences, a process whereby a panel of experts makes recommendations for ISCD positions based on reviews of the scientific literature by the ISCD's Scientific Advisory Committee.  ISCD Board-approved documents pertaining to the Official Positions will be published in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry and on this Web site.

Citation information is listed below and is also available on the JCD Online Web site (www.clinicaldensitometry.org).  On the JCD Online Web site, abstracts and references are available to all visitors. Click here for the complete set of Official Position articles from JCD 11.1 (full text, zip file).

2007 Official Position Articles and Citations
Following are citations for each Official Position article from JCD Volume 11, Number 1.  Click on the article title below to view/download a full text PDF file of the article. 

• Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and Executive Summary of the 2007 ISCD Pediatric Position Development Conference
  Sanford Baim, Mary B. Leonard, Maria-Luisa Bianchi, Didier B. Hans, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Craig B. Langman, Frank Rauch
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 6-21)
  
  
• Fracture Prediction and the Definition of Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents: The ISCD 2007 Pediatric Official Positions
  Frank Rauch, Horacio Plotkin, Linda DiMeglio, Raoul H. Engelbert, Richard C. Henderson, Craig Munns, Deborah Wenkert, Philip Zeitler
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 22-28)
  
  
• Dual-Energy X-ray Aborptiometry Assessment in Children and Adolescents with Diseases that May Affect the Skeleton: The 2007 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions
  Nick Bishop, Pierre Braillon, Jon Burnham, Rolando Cimaz, Justin Davies, Mary Fewtrell, Wolfgang Hogler, Kathy Kennedy, Outi Mäkitie, Zulf Mughal, Nick Shaw, Maria Vogiatzi, Kate Ward, Maria Luisa Bianchi
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 29-42)
  
  
• Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Interpretation and Reporting in Children and Adolescents: The 2007 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions
  Catherine M. Gordon, Laura K. Bachrach, Thomas O. Carpenter, Nicola Crabtree, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Stepan Kutilek, Roman S. Lorenc, Laura L. Tosi, Katherine A. Ward, Leanne M. Ward, Heidi J. Kalkwarf
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 43-58)
  
  
• Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Children and Adolescents: The 2007 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions
  Babette Zemel, Shona Bass, Teresa Binkley, Gaele Ducher, Heather Macdonald, Heather McKay, Laurie Moyer-Mileur, John Shepherd, Bonny Specker, Kate Ward, Didier Hans
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 59-74)
  
  
• Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and Executive Summary of the 2007 ISCD Position Development Conference
  Sanford Baim, Neil Binkley, John P. Bilezikian, David L. Kendler, Didier B. Hans, E. Michael Lewiecki, Stuart Silverman
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 75-91)
  
  
• Vertebral Fracture Assessment: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions
  John T. Schousboe, Tamara Vokes, Susan B. Broy, Lynne Ferrar, Fergus McKiernan, Christian Roux, Neil Binkley
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 92-108)
  
  
• Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Technical Issues: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions
  Christine Simonelli, Robert A. Adler, Glen M. Blake, JoAnn P. Caudill, Aliya Khan, Ed Leib, Michael Maricic, Jerilynn C. Prior, Sergio Ragi Eis, Cliff Rosen, David L. Kendler
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 109-122)
  
  
• Clinical Use of Quantitative Computed Tomography and Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in the Management of Osteoporosis in Adults: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions
  Klaus Engelke, Judith E. Adams, Gabriele Armbrecht, Peter Augat, Cesar E. Bogado, Mary L. Bouxsein, Dieter Felsenberg, Masako Ito, Sven Prevrhal, Didier B. Hans, E. Michael Lewiecki
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 123-162)
  
  
• Quantitative Ultrasound in the Management of Osteoporosis: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions
  Marc-Antoine Krieg, Reinhart Barkmann, Stefano Gonnelli, Alison Stewart, Douglas C. Bauer, Luis Del Rio Barquero, Jonathan J. Kaufman, Roman Lorenc, Paul D. Miller, Wojciech P. Olszynski, Catalina Poiana, Anne-Marie Schott, E. Michael Lewiecki, Didier Hans
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 163-187)
  
  
• Peripheral Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry in the Management of Osteoporosis: The 2007 ISCD Official Positions
  Didier B. Hans, John A. Shepherd, Elliott N. Schwartz, David M. Reid, Glen M. Blake, John N. Fordham, Thomas Fuerst, Peyman Hadji, Akira Itabashi, Marc-Antoine Krieg, E. Michael Lewiecki
  Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health, January 2008 (Vol. 11 No. 1, 188-206)