The following is a summary of “Trabecular texture and paraspinal muscle characteristics for prediction of first vertebral ...

Peripheral skeleton (wrist and heel): DXA, QCT, single-energy x-ray absorptiometry, radiographic absorptiometry, and quantitative ultrasound. Although BMD measurements are useful for diagnosis ...

How does the patient dose in DXA compare to the dose from Bone Mineral Density (BMD) estimates using Quantitative Computerised Tomography (QCT)? The typical patient effective dose from a dual energy ...