Bone Densitometry for Technologists

• Main Authors: Bonnick, Sydney Lou (Author), Lewis, Lori Ann (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

As a technology, bone densitometry is really quite extraordinary. The ability to quantify the density of the bones at a variety of skeletal sites has truly revolutionized the approach to a number of diseases, the most important of which is osteoporosis. Using the information from the machines, espec...