An ultrasonic scanner can pick up the early warning signs of brittle bones,
French scientists say. Bone density is normally measured with X-rays. An
ultrasonic scanner, developed at the imaging laboratory at the University of
Paris (Pierre and Marie Curie), can pick up previously undetectable changes in
the tiny canals in the bone where osteoporosis begins.
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