Bone and Body Composition Measurements of Small Subjects: Discrepancies from Software for Fan-Beam Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

200432 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mouhanad Hammami · Wayne State University

Roman J. Shypailo · Baylor College of Medicine

Kenneth J. Ellis · Baylor College of Medicine

Abstract

The commercial software for fan-beam DXA measurement of piglets, matched for the size of human infants and young children, has major inaccuracies for bone mineral and body composition that become further exaggerated with increasing weight of the subject.

Topics & Keywords

Body Composition Measurement Techniques Bone health and osteoporosis research Nutrition and Health in Aging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volume 23, Issue 6, pp. 647-650

DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719406

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