DEXA Flashcards

1
Q

what is the main use of DEXA

A

to measure bone mineral density (BMD)

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2
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what does DEXA detect

A

osteoporosis from the lumbar spine, femoral neck and distal forearm.

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3
Q

what can DEXA measure in areas that do not contain bone

A

lipid and lean muscle mass

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4
Q

what does DEXA produce

A

planar image of relevant bones

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5
Q

what does the gantry configuration consist of?

A

a pencil beam system
pinhole source collimator
single detector

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6
Q

what is used nowadays instead of the pencil beam

A

a fan beam

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7
Q

what are the two techniques used to produce the dual beam energies

A

voltage switching
k-edge filter system

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8
Q

what is the k-edge filter system

A

the x-ray tube is operated at a steady voltage and a K absorption edge filter splits a single x-ray spectrum into low and high energy components

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9
Q

what is voltage switching

A

x-ray tube switches between 70 and 140 kVp during alternate half cycles of the power supply

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10
Q

what filters are used in DEXA

A

copper and brass filters are used to remove low energy x-rays

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11
Q

what must be done to DEXA machine before use

A

the DEXA machine must be callibrated using a phantom suitable for a particular examination for example, spine.

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12
Q

what is the T score

A

the T score compares a person’s bone density with that of a healthy 30-year-old of the same sex

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13
Q

what is the z-score

A

the z-score is a comparison of a person’s bone density with that of an average person of the same age and sex

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14
Q

what is used as the primary diagnostic value for osteoporosis

A

the T score

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15
Q

the T-score is ____ _____ to fracture risk

A

the T-score is inversely proportional to fracture risk

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16
Q

the radiation doses for DEXA are ____

A

negligible (10𝜇Sv)