BMDCS
Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study
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DXA Acquisition
Equipment: Hologic Delphi or QDR 4500A
Sites: Spine AP, Whole Body, Non-dominate Forearm, Left Hip
Assessments: Standard analysis and Whole Body less skull
 
Effective Dose: 5.4 µSv
Local Longitudinal Calibration
  • Hologic spine phantom (daily)
  • Hologic whole body phantom (3 times per week)
  • Air scan (once per week)
 
BMDCS Cross - Calibration
  • Conducted annually
  • Phantoms scanned 10 times (2 scans per day over 5 consecutive days)
  • Hologic block phantom
  • European spine phantom
  • Hologic femur phantom
  • Hologic whole body phantom
  • European forearm phantom
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