A DXA Primer for the Practicing ClinicianUFOs: Unexpected Foreign Objects
A DXA Primer for the Practicing Clinician: UFOs: Unexpected Foreign Objects
Licata, Angelo A.; Williams, Susan E.
2013-06-28 00:00:00
[As discussed in previous chapters, DXA testing relies on energy passing through living tissue, and the extent that the material is transparent or opaque to this energy estimates the amount of bone present. It should come as no surprise then to realize that any object incidentally found in or near the region of interest can add its “density” to a measurement, make the BMD result higher, and produce a false bone density reading. Usually the final measurement is better than expected, but not always.]
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A DXA Primer for the Practicing ClinicianUFOs: Unexpected Foreign Objects
[As discussed in previous chapters, DXA testing relies on energy passing through living tissue, and the extent that the material is transparent or opaque to this energy estimates the amount of bone present. It should come as no surprise then to realize that any object incidentally found in or near the region of interest can add its “density” to a measurement, make the BMD result higher, and produce a false bone density reading. Usually the final measurement is better than expected, but not always.]
Published: Jun 28, 2013
Keywords: Bone Density Analysis; Final Measurement; Bone Mineral Density Testing; Radiological Contrast Agents; Bone Deficiency
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