DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS, METHOD FOR TESTING CAVITARY LESION CLOSURE BEHAVIOUR FOR ASSESSING EFFECTIVE USE OF VARIOUS OSTEOPROTECTORS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B6/00 G01N9/36 G01N23/83 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, diagnostics, assessment of the efficacy of osteoporosis medications. Diagnosing osteoporosis and controlling the progression thereof are implemented by X-ray absorption method using an osteometers; a diagnostic criterion of osteoporosis is the presence of cavitary lesions in trabecular bones; the lesion closure behaviour enables stating the efficacy of the medication or medications.

EFFECT: method provides the objective diagnosis of osteoporosis and assessment of the effective action of the osteoprotective medication or medications, with assessment of a severity of the disease not by mineral density, but by the presence of the cavities in the trabecular bones.

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