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Equipment for Bone Health Service
General electric Lunar total body bone densitometry with total body fat composition and assessment capabilities is the flagship for the General Electric.

Capacity to analyze percentage and distribution of body fat and muscle throughout the whole body.

Bone densitometry
Unlike many of the bone densitometry equipment, which assess bone density in localized area and extrapolate it for the whole body our system measure the whole skeletal structure.

GE Lunar densitometers offer the optimal total body application:
• Body composition and BMD results
• "Gold standard" for clinical body composition
• Whole body and regional results
• Reproducible and accurate results
• Rapid scan time
• Superior image quality
• Inclusion in pharmaceutical clinical trials
• Validated by numerous publications
• Reference data for body composition

We have the same total body densitometry machines, as most hospitals do. One difference is that ours is the latest generation of hardware and software.

What is unique about this new generation of software is that we can do bone densitometry on people with artificial hips. We are the first ones in this region to offer this.

We are also the first to bring software that can give meaningful data on bone densitometry in the pediatric population.

http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/bonedens/index.html

Prodigy - Today's breakthrough for tomorrow's applications
Prodigy - the first DXA system designed to look beyond bone mineral density to become the most complete bone assessment tool ever devised.

Prodigy's improved technology detects subtle bone changes in a variety of clinical applications and provides Advanced Hip Assessment and Dual Energy Vertebral Assessment.

Utilizing Direct-digital detector technology, Prodigy Vision delivers rapid scans, near radiographic imaging and dose efficiency three to five time better than existing fan beam systems with the best precision in the market today. And its comprehensive capabilities cover a complete range of applications making it a Smarter, Faster and Better densitometer.

This is the first system designed to look beyond bone mineral density to become the most complete bone assessment tool ever devised.

Prodigy's improved technology detects subtle bone changes in a variety of clinical applications and provides

Advanced Hip Assessments and Dual Energy Vertebral Assessments. Advanced Hip Assessment (AHA) combines several advances in DXA measurement of the proximal femur into a single software package. It maintains the conventional femoral regions of interest, but with the precision previously only obtained at the spine. This feature alone represents a significant advance in femoral densitometry.

The Prodigy's unique software platform, enCORE, optimizes productivity with automation breakthroughs that save time and ensure consistent results. And paperless digital reporting makes densitometry results accessible quickly and easily.

Looking ahead, Prodigy links ILIV to the future with extensive options for connecting with local facility networks and the Internet, for instant integration of bone assessment results across your entire healthcare system.

Clinical Indications for Total Body Assessment
Total body assessment using DEXA provides a unique capability of noninvasive measurement of skeletal bone status, as well as lean and fat tissue components including percent fat, lean tissue mass, etc. The accurate measurement of total as well as regional bone and tissue composition has relevance in a number of clinical conditions.

Technique Results are calculated automatically for BMD, fat tissue, and lean tissue for the total body and sub-regions. Customized regions of interest also can be analyzed for BMD and body composition. DEXA has rapidly become the clinical method of choice for body composition because of its low dose, speed, ease of application, and accuracy. Moreover, DEXA can be used in renal disease, edema, and cachexic conditions in which the water content of tissue is altered, compromising all methods except DEXA.

Clinical Advantages
Total Body BMD and body composition are valuable tools in the management of clinical disorders. In addition, regional fat distribution is clinically useful in relation to cardiovascular disease risk, glucose metabolism, and insulin resistance.

Clinical Trials
Currently more than 70% of pharmaceutical clinical trials utilize total body BMD as a safety, or even an efficacy, endpoint. Moreover, clinical trials increasingly utilize DEXA for body composition which is a key component of research in areas such as weight reduction and cachexic disorders.

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DISCLAIMER: The information provided on this website is intended for educational purposes only and is not to be used as a
substitute for medical evaluation by a licensed medical practitioner. It is based on a careful analysis of the scientific
literature and the experience of the physician and staff at the Integrative Longevity Institute of Virginia.