ECHOLIGHT PROJECT WORKSHOP:
EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPOROSIS
AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
APRIL 17, 2014
PROGRAM
09:30 - 10:30 Registration
10:30 - 11:10 Opening Session
Introduction
Sergio Casciaro, Echolight Project Coordinator, National Research Council, Lecce
Loredana Capone, Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Region
Ottavio Narracci, Health Director, ASL Lecce
Maurizio Muratore, Clinical Study Coordinator, O.U. of Rheumatology, ASL Lecce
11:10 - 11:40 Invited talk #1
Osteoporosis: Epidemiology and Available Diagnostic Approaches
Sergio Casciaro, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
11:40 - 13:00 Session I - New Technologies Developed within the Echolight Project
Chairs: Sergio Casciaro, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Francesco Conversano, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Implementation of a Model Database for a Novel Ultrasonic Approach to Bone Evaluation
V. Villani, F. Conversano, M. Aventaggiato, F. Chiriacò, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
Automatic Segmentation of Vertebral Interfaces in Echographic Images
M. Aventaggiato, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, R. Franchini, A. Lay-Ekuakille, M. Muratore, S.
Casciaro
A New Compact Equipment for Real-Time Acquisition and Processing of Medical Ultrasound
Signals
L. Passaquindici, F. Cursano, A. Greco, G. Soloperto, F. Conversano, A. Lay-Ekuakille, S.
Casciaro
A Novel Fully Automatic Algorithm for Accurate Vertebral Morphometry
R. Franchini, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, E. Quarta, A. Grimaldi, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Invited talk #2
Osteoporotic Fractures: Risk Estimation, Possible Therapies and Related Costs
Maurizio Muratore, O.U. of Rheumatology, Galateo Hospital, San Cesario di Lecce, ASL-LE,
Lecce, Italy
14:30 - 16:30 Session II - Clinical Applications and Future Perspectives
Chairs: Sergio Casciaro, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Maurizio Muratore, Galateo Hospital, ASL Lecce, Italy
Diagnostic Accuracy of a Novel Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Spinal Densitometry on a
Cohort of Normal- and Under-Weight Women
M. D. Renna, F. Conversano, P. Pisani, E. Casciaro, L. D. Costanza, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Osteoporosis Diagnosis on
Overweight and Obese Women
S. Casciaro, M. D. Renna, F. Conversano, G. Soloperto, E. Casciaro, E. Quarta, A. Grimaldi, M.
Muratore
An Innovative Ultrasound-Based Method for the Identification of Patients at High Fracture
Risk
P. Pisani, A. Greco, M. D. Renna, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, L. Quarta, D. Costanza, M.
Muratore, S. Casciaro
Comparison between Ultrasound Fragility Score and FRAX® for the Assessment of
Osteoporotic Fracture Risk
A. Greco, P. Pisani, G. Soloperto, M.D. Renna, F. Conversano, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
Preliminary Clinical Validation of a New Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Femoral Neck
Densitometry
F. Chiriacò, F. Conversano, E. Quarta, L. Quarta, M. Muratore, A. Lay-Ekuakille, S. Casciaro
In Vitro Ultrasound Characterization of Human Proximal Femur Microstructure and
Comparison with Micro-CT Data
M. Peccarisi, T. De Marco, L. Spedicato, A. Greco, F. Conversano, D. Panetta, G. Guido, V.
Bottai, P. Salvadori, S.Casciaro
16:30 - 17:00 Closing session