Acquisition of DXA in Children and Adolescents

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Fig. 5.1 Correctly acquired spine scans for children of different ages. (a) Child, aged 5 years, with hypophosphatasia; (b) child, aged 9 years, with osteogenesis imperfecta; (c) child, aged 16…

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Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiomery Technology

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where I = measured intensity of the X-ray I 0 = initial intensity of the X-ray beam μ = mass attenuation coefficient (cm2g−1) M = area density (g/cm2)) In other words, for a given beam intensity level,…

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DXA in Children with Special Needs

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• Diagnosis • Fracture history • Medication use (steroid, anticonvulsant, and bisphosphonate) • Status of hips (dislocation, past surgery) • Presence of nonremovable orthopedic or internal hardware and location (plates,…

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DXA Evaluation of Infants and Toddlers

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Fig. 8.1 Spine BMD-for-age reference curve for infants , birth to 12 months. Taken from Gallo et al. [58]. Data were obtained on a Hologic QDR 4500A (n = 59) Fig. 8.2…

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