[Clinical usefulness of a dual photon absorptiometry system using X-ray for peripheral bone--comparison with a single photon absorptiometric system].
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.
Tomomitsu
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T
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-shi.
Fukunaga
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M
Otsuka
N
N
Ono
S
S
Nagai
K
K
Morita
K
K
Furukawa
T
T
Muranaka
A
A
Yanagimoto
S
S
Tamegai
T
T
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*
D008903:Minerals