Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Back to back patients, both women in their late 50s, arrived at the clinic with their DXA reports in hand and ...
Editor’s note: This blog entry is in response to the following comment made to one of Dr. Kleerekoper’s previous blog entries: "This is really intriguing. I'm a 30-year-old female who was diagnosed ...
June 20, 2012 — Men at increased risk for osteoporosis should undergo bone mineral density (BMD) testing using central dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), according to newly released clinical ...
» What are the typical dose levels in DXA? » Does the design of DXA equipment affect patient dose? » How does the patient dose in DXA compare to the dose from BMD estimates using Quantitative ...
Regardless of political opinions, gender, race, ethnicity, or medical specialty, the one thing every physician agrees upon is the need to control medical spending and reduce unnecessary testing. As ...
New methods to measure visceral adipose tissue (VAT) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) may help discern sex, race and phenotype differences in the role of VAT in cardiometabolic risk. This ...
BMC, Lean, & Fat must be entered in order to calculate any Z-score. DXA Z-scores are available only for ages 8 - 20 yrs. In certain browsers(Firefox, Chrome), you may ...
» What is the typical staff dose from a DXA examination? The dose to staff in DXA facilities is generally small. However, new developments in DXA imaging technology (fan beam, cone beam, C-arm ...