For a spine plus femur DEXA scan, the effective dose varies from less than 1 μSv to about 15 μSv. In pencil beam systems the dose is generally less than 1 μSv, while values between 1 to 10 μSv have ...

After your first scan, you should get one every one to two years to measure changes in your bone density. DEXA scans come in two types, the p-DEXA and the central DEXA: p-DEXA. The “p” stands for ...

What is a bone density test? DEXA scans are the gold standard test for assessing a patient’s bone mineral density (BMD), says Dr. Yoram Baum, a board-certified physician in nuclear medicine and ...

» What are the risks to the foetus if a DXA scan is performed on a pregnant woman? If DXA scan has been performed, the assumed foetal dose is too low to lead to effects such as organ malformation or a ...

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According to Bergin, DXA scans are currently the most accurate test to measure total body composition, compared to other common methods such as fat calipers, and can be used by physicians to ...

Measuring the android to gynoid fat ratio via DXA scan provides comparable data to visceral adipose tissue measurements for assessing cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women, according to ...

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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 ...