hrp0098p2-313 | Late Breaking | ESPE2024

Correlation of Bone Health Index (BHI) and Metacarpal Index (MCI) with calcium metabolism parameters in children and adolescents

Ntova Maria , Chrysis Dionysios , Dermitzaki Eleni , N Michoula Aspasia , Christopoulos Panayiotis , Mastorakos George , N Grivea Ioanna , T Papadimitriou Dimitrios

Introduction: The assessment of bone maturation with artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced new straightforward indicators of bone health monitoring related the much more complex and expensive method of measuring bone density with DEXA (Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry). Bone Health Index (BHI) describes bone mass as a function of cortical thickness, width and length of the three middle metacarpals, using digital hand X-rays for bone age evaluation from D...