Significant differences among various DXA instruments highlight the necessity of cross-calibration for any multicenter studies. The DXA instruments currently used most often in pediatric ...

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 ...

Before testing, the DXA instrument was calibrated as per the manufacturer's guidelines. Precision for DXA measures of interest are 1–1.5% in our laboratory with CV% calculated from duplicate ...

On October 4th, in conjunction with the 5th Annual Osteoporosis Symposium, the announcement was made that Hologic, Inc. has donated three more DXA instruments for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in ...

BMD datasets are machine-specific, therefore the correct DXA manufacturer must be selected. Please note the age ranges available for the instruments (see below-right, or refer to the graphs). If you ...

Central machines test it in the hip, spine, and total body. Doctors can use them to do different types of bone density tests: DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) measures the spine, hip ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an active, 5-foot-2-inch, 125-pound, 72-year-old Caucasian woman without a history of known osteoporotic risk factors, other than demographic ones. I exercise daily, eat ...