Abstract

The strontium content of bone has hitherto been impossible to measure noninvasively. A novel dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) method was developed. 241Am (59.5 keV) and 133Ba (356 keV) were used as radiation sources. The linearity of the DPA method was studied in monkey bones ex vivo after treatment over 52 wk with strontium ranelate. The bone strontium expressed in terms of the percentage molar ratio SrHA/(SrHA + CaHA) x 100%, where HA denotes hydroxyapatite, was measured (1) by the DPA method and (2) by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrophotometry at the same distal site of the femur. The results correlated significantly: y = 0.33%Sr + 1.086x; r = 0.976; standard error of the estimate (SEE) = 0.57%Sr. In order to measure the accuracy error of Sr%, 30 normal volunteers were measured. Their mean values did not differ significantly from zero and the SD was 0.5%. The radiation dose was small, the equivalent whole-body dose to human subjects being 0.005 micro Sv. This novel DPA method is likely to be successful for bone strontium measurement in humans.

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