title: Pediatric dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: technique, interpretation, and clinical applications.
abstract: This article reviews the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) technique, its interpretation, and clinical applications with emphasis on the considerations unique to pediatrics. Specifically, the use of DXA in children requires the radiologist to be a "clinical pathologist," monitoring the technical aspects of the DXA acquisition, a "statistician" knowledgeable in the concepts of Z-scores and least significant changes, and a "bone specialist," aware of the DXA findings in a large number of clinical diseases, providing the referring clinician with a meaningful context for the numeric result obtained with DXA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA. binkovil@chi.osu.edu
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Binkovitz
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Henwood
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sparke
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods; D015519:Bone Density; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans