DEXA scans come in two types, the p-DEXA and the central DEXA: p-DEXA The “p” stands for “peripheral.” This scan measures bones on the body’s periphery—meaning areas away from the center of the ...

The raw scan data, which includes values of tissue and ... The radiation exposure during DXA scanning is very low. Air Displacement Plethysmograph (Bod Pod and Pea Pod) Air-displacement ...

We were able to test the performance of several commercial ... Shypailo RJ, Butte NF, Ellis KJ. DXA: Can It Be Used as a Criterion Reference for Body Fat Measurements in Children? Obesity (Silver ...

Whole-body DXA scans of the patients were performed on a Norland XR36 DXA system. The following scanning parameters were used: pixel size, 6.5 mm × 13.0 mm; and scan speed, 260 mm/s. Possible ...

One patient, musician and filmmaker James Hester, from Clevedon, says the information he discovered from his first scan has probably extended his life. The machine is called DXA Body Composition ...

Services offered were body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA); body volume/density by underwater weighting; free-living energy expenditure by doubly-labeled water; 24-h energy ...