Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4251256 | Seminars in Nuclear Medicine | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This article reviews the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) technique, its interpretation, and clinical applications with emphasis on the considerations unique to pediatrics. Specifically, the use of DXA in children requires the radiologist to be a “clinical pathologist,” monitoring the technical aspects of the DXA acquisition, a “statistician” knowledgeable in the concepts of Z-scores and least significant changes, and a “bone specialist,” aware of the DXA findings in a large number of clinical diseases, providing the referring clinician with a meaningful context for the numeric result obtained with DXA.
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Authors
Larry A. Binkovitz, Maria J. Henwood, Paul Sparke,