When Lorraine Brown got her bone density scan results earlier this year, she was shocked to find that the lab had listed her ethnicity as 'white' and that the results were based on norms for Caucasian ...

A bone scan is a nuclear imaging test that can help tell you if you have certain types of bone disease. You may get this kind of scan to see if cancer has spread to your bones or to view how well ...

Physicians commonly choose DEXA because it uses a low level of radiation (about the same as you would get on a flight from New York to Los Angeles), but detects low levels of bone loss much better ...

How strong are your bones? At least 1 in 5 women older than 50 in the U.S. have osteoporosis, but many don’t realize it. Women 65 years and older should have a bone density scan to screen for ...

One to two years after stopping the drug, your doctor will do another bone scan. If your bone density has dropped, they may advise you to go back on a bisphosphonate for another several years and ...

To evaluate PSA levels and kinetic cutoffs to predict positive bone scans for men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer ...

you may also be referred for a central scan even if your T-score is above-1. The p-DEXA should not be used to diagnose osteoporosis or osteopenia. Central DEXA A T-score of -1 to 0 and above is ...

Implementing opportunistic computed tomography (CT) bone density screening could increase the osteoporosis screening rate, ...

A deep learning–based reconstruction algorithm significantly enhances temporal bone UHR-CT image quality, reducing noise and ...

Her family doctor referred Brown to get a bone density scan because she is over 60 years old. "The results list my name, birth date, my height, sex, age, my weight and my ethnicity.

Lorraine Brown says her tests results are based on the norms for white women When Lorraine Brown got her bone density scan results earlier this year, she was shocked to find that the lab had ...