A Physician’s Guide to QCT BMD Testing
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Today, QCT is one of three methods, including DXA, cited by the National Osteoporosis Foundation as safe and effective for the evaluation of BMD[3]. The QCT system comprises a CT scanner calibration device and a software application on a standalone Windows PC networked to the CT scanner. At the hip, QCT produces BMD T-Score measurements that are clinically equivalent to DXA measurements[5], but the exam can be done without the complex positioning requirements of DXA that some patients with arthritic hips may find uncomfortable.
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