Book Details

Bone Densitometry for Technologists

Publication year: 2006

: 978-1-59259-992-9

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Radiologic technologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and dedicated densitometry technologists can find new guidelines for bone density testing, new therapies for osteoporosis, and new treatment guidelines for osteoporosis, as well as new chapters on pediatric densitometry body composition assessments, and the use of skeletal morphometry in diagnosis and fracture risk prediction. The twelve appendices have also been updated to reflect the most current information available, including contacts for densitometry equipment manufacturers and organizations, guidelines for bone density testing and CPT codes, definitions of terms, and new conversion equations.


: Medicine, Monitor, bone, computed tomography (CT), diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), surgery, ultrasound