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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During this test, the technologist makes two completely separate measurements of a volunteer’s bone density. The separate scans test the ability of the technologist to correctly position the patient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...