DEXA
Assures Accurate Osteoporosis Detection
Osteoporosis goes undiagnosed in millions of women each
year
Woodburn
Nuclear Medicine performs bone mineral density testing using
DEXA (Dual Energy
X-ray Absorptiometry),
a state-of-the-art technology, to diagnose osteoporosis and
other disorders of bone demineralization.
At
Woodburn, bone mineral density (BMD) is measured in two most
important locations, the spine and the hip. Fractures at these
two sites are common in osteoporosis and produce the majority
of morbidity and disability. The DEXA measurements are compared
to a normal database, matched for age and sex. BMD measurements
by DEXA help determine a patient's fracture risk: not increased,
increased or high.
Benefits
of DEXA technology include the following:
