Angelo A. Licata • Susan E. Williams

2014

A Case-Based Manual
for Understanding and Interpreting
Bone Densitometry

• Osteoporosis is a devastating disease that is a serious and costly public health threat.
• Until dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was discovered, the diagnosis was made after a fragility fracture occurred.
• DXA technology was born out of an understanding of bone composition and energy absorption.
• DXA remains the gold standard for measuring bone mineral.
• These measurements become clinically applicable when compared to
scientifically established bone mineral databases.