increase in the mineral mass per unit volume of bone, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates and composed chiefly of calcium salts; this is expressed as the amount of mineral per cubic cm of bone (usually in mgHA/cm^3), with results generated from Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and other tests
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
elevated bone volume fraction
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increased BV/TV
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increased vBMD
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increased volumetric bone density