Bone densitometry is a test like an X-ray that quickly and accurately measures the density of bone. It is used primarily to detect osteopenia or osteoporosis, diseases in which the bone's mineral and ...

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which there is a decrease in bone mass density. The bones become more porous and fragile making them more susceptible to fracture. This disease reduces bone ...

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, or formerly DEXA) is a technique used to measure bone mineral density (BMD). The preferred regions for BMD measurement are lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole ...

The cornea is a transparent ocular structure. The transmission and refraction of light through the cornea depend primarily on a highly specialized ultrastructure. The corneal stroma is carefully ...

Background: Measurement of bone mineral density is widely used to diagnose osteoporosis. The objectives of this study are to determine how bone densitometry affects subsequent treatment of osteopenia ...

On densitometry, the patient's BMD for the lumbar spine (L1 to L4) was 1.04 g/cm 2, which corresponds to a T-score of –1.3. Total hip BMD was within the normal range (T-score –0.6). The patient is ...