title: [Clinical usefulness of a dual photon absorptiometry system using X-ray for peripheral bone--comparison with a single photon absorptiometric system].
abstract: A newly developed dual photon absorptiometry system (DCS-600, ALOKA Co., LTD.) using two monochromatic X-rays for the determination of bone mineral in the peripheral bone was fundamentally studied, in comparison to single photon absorptiometry system (SPA). The accuracy and precision in DCS-600 were equal to or better than SPA system. Furthermore, in DCS-600 the forearm could be imaged, and the manipulation was easy. Thus DCS-600 was found to be a good instrument as a quantifying system of bone mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-shi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomitsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muranaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamegai
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals