Chairs: M Bouxsein and R Chapurlat

Members: J Adachi, J Bilezikian, A Cheung, E Dennison, K. Engelke, D Felsenberg, S Ferrari, J Paccou, R Rizzoli, E Seeman, P Szulc, R Zebaze, J Zanchetta,

Co-opted: S Boyd, S Boutroy, A Burghardt, A Ghasem-Zadeh

To describe the strength and limitations of HR-pQCT and review the clinical studies using this tool.

• Standardization of HR-pQCT parameters and suggestions on technical parameters like cross calibration and motion artefact.
• Key discoveries made using HR-pQCT.

• van den Bergh JP, Szulc P, Cheung A, Bouxsein M, Engelke K, Chapurlat R. The clinical application of high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in adults: state of the art and future directions. Osteoporos Int (2021). doi: 10.1007/s00198-021-05999-z 
• Whittier DE, Boyd SK, Burghardt AJ, Paccou J, Ghasem-Zadeh A, Chapurlat R, Engelke K, Bouxsein ML. Guidelines for the Assessment of Bone Density and Microarchitecture in Vivo Using High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography. Osteoporos Int . 2020 May 26. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05438-5