PubMed · 8958384
DXA scanning.
Abstract
The steady improvement in densitometric technique is reviewed in this paper culminating in the newest generation of DXA scanners. The suitability of the lumbar spine, femur and hand as sites for the densitometric measurement of bone loss in rheumatoid disease is assessed. The recent improvement in hand scanning technique using DXA has led to improved clinical utility in the detection of juxta-articular bone loss. The enhanced resolution offered by the newest, solid state detector DXA scanners, and their ability to detect bone loss where no systemic features are evident, makes it possible that DXA scanning of the hand will be a useful modality for the monitoring of early rheumatoid disease.
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