For a spine plus femur DEXA scan, the effective dose varies from less than 1 μSv ... How does the patient dose in DXA compare to the dose from Bone Mineral Density (BMD) estimates using Quantitative ...

Her family doctor referred Brown to get a bone density scan because she is over 60 years old. "The results list my name, birth date, my height, sex, age, my weight and my ethnicity.

The femur bone, along with the other artifacts found ... So, the femur was reexamined using micro-CT scans. Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox.

Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) may help lower the risk of children's bone fractures in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a study found.