Sentence examples for bone screening from inspiring English sources
The availability of whole-body MRI needs to be improved, as this technique is currently the best bone screening method.
The standard in bone screening is dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, a relatively inexpensive test that measures bone mineral density and is usually covered by insurance.
Disease stages were determined based on the initial staging investigations, including chest and abdomen CT, bone screening by whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography or scintigraphy, and brain screening using contrast-enhanced CT or MRI.
22 In Brazil, a mathematical tool that identifies women at higher risk of low bone mineral density and fragility fractures could help to identify women for bone densitometry screening.
They have invited their guests to join them at the annex of Central Synagogue to participate in a bone marrow screening for Daniel Brown, who has leukemia.
Dr. Siris suggests bone density screening for 50-year-old women with additional risk factors for osteoporosis and tells others they can wait until they are 60 or 65.
The charity DKMS - an organisation that works in the areas of blood cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, based in Tübingen, Germany - will run the bone marrow screening day.
The Preventive Services panel recommends bone density screening for women starting at age 65, when osteoporosis becomes more common, or at age 60 if other risk factors are present, such as previous fractures.
Nevertheless, it is still a portable and inexpensive method of bone mass screening [ 48].
Primary providers should screen for both risk factors for osteoporosis and the disease itself, including bone density screening.
Given the low cost and portability of QUS equipment, the International Quantitative Ultrasound Consensus Group has recommended QUS for bone mass screening [ 21].
