Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been suggested as the gold standard to define obesity, but because its use is complex and expensive, anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) or the waist-to-height ratio (WtHr) have been used as alternatives. The aim of this study was to review the pu...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Osteoporosis and osteomalacia are significant risk factors for fracture and spine instrumentation failure. Low-energy fractures are becoming increasingly more common because of an increase in life expectancy and age of the population. Decreased bone density is an independent risk factor for instrumentation failure in spinal fusion operations. PURPOSE To assess the awareness...

X-ray imaging is a widely used technique for non-destructive inspection of agricultural food products. One application the autonomous, in-line detection foreign objects in samples. Examples such inclusions are bone fragments meat products, plastic and metal debris fish, fruit infestations. This article presents processing methodology unsupervised object based on dual-energy absorptiometry (DEXA...

Bone mineral density (BMD) is a clinically critical indicator of osteoporosis, usually measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Due to the limited accessibility DEXA machines and examinations, osteoporosis often under-diagnosed under-treated, leading increased fragility fracture risks. Thus it highly desirable obtain BMDs with alternative cost-effective more accessible medical imagi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The role of advanced MR imaging techniques in demonstrating the microarchitectural changes in osteoporosis has been recently investigated. Our aim was to determine the role of quantitative and diffusion MR imaging in the diagnosis of osteoporosis compared with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-one subjects underwent both DEXA and conve...

L ipodystrophies are acquired or inherited disorders characterized by selective or generalized loss of adipose tissue. Affected patients are predisposed to insulin resistance and metabolic complications of insulin resistance (1). Noticeably, patients with acquired or hereditary generalized forms are extremely insulin resistant (2,3). On the other hand, in partial forms the ample phenotypic spec...

INTRODUCTION In this study we determined regional body composition in myotonic dystrophy (DM1) and able-bodied controls and evaluated the relationship between fat and lean tissue mass and functional impairment in DM1 patients. METHODS Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used to obtain regional measurements of fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) in 48 DM1 and anthropome...

OBJECTIVE It is a well-known fact that osteoporosis affects the people with old age and remains unnoticeable until the patient presents with fracture. Various studies in the literature reveal that panoramic radiographs may prove to be beneficial in the detection of Osteoporosis in patients. Henceforth this present study was aimed to validate the use of Klemetti Index (KI) on panoramic radiograp...

Physical health investigations, such as blood tests, ECGs, and appropriate radiological tests, are essential in the assessment and management of many patients in inpatient mental health settings. This project took place in a 12-bed adolescent mental health unit in Swindon, UK, where on average at least two-thirds of patients have a diagnosed eating disorder. Multidisciplinary ward rounds provid...