ESPE Abstracts

Background: Turners Syndrome (TS) is associated with osteoporosis in later life. ‘BoneXpert’ has enabled the automated assessment of bone age (BA) and Bone Health Index (BHI). Strong correlations between BoneXpert BHI and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral quantitative computed CT measurements are reported. BoneXpert produces a standard deviation score for BHI (BHI-SD) relative to a healthy cohort of children according to BA.Object...