Identifying patients at risk of osteoporosis by using ordinary dental x-rays

Original broadcast date: February 3, 2008

Researchers in the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam have created a unique way of identifying patients at risk of osteoporosis by using ordinary dental x-rays. Professor Paul F. van der Stelt and his team developed the largely automated approach to detecting the disease during a three-year, EU-funded collaboration with the Universities of Manchester, Athens, Leuven, and Malmo.

  • Dr. Paul van der Stelt, DDS, PhD, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and chair of the Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology at the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam

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