UNDERSTAND THE RESULT OF THE BONE DENSITOMETRY EXAMINATION - DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS

Bone Densitometry: what it is and how it is made



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Bone densitometry is an imaging test widely used for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, since it allows the evaluation of bone loss. However, this test is not able to show if the bone loss still happens, it only indicates if there was or not, which becomes disadvantageous, since the person can have osteoporosis in the initial phase, and the examination is not able to show the loss of bone mass at this stage