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Old 03-16-2008, 09:40 AM   #4
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Jean, please do NOT take this comment personally as it is not intended so.

There are 2 kinds of radiology procedures for the bones that are often confused by patients. One is a DEXA scan, and the other is more generally called a "bone" scan. The DEXA scan measures bone density, and the "bone scan" is used to show hot spots.

A DEXA scan is not the same thing as a bone scan.

A bone scan uses much more rads than a simple x-ray.

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