Reliability, costs, and radiation dose of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in diagnosis of radiologic sarcopenia in surgically menopausal women.
Annechien StuursmaIris A S StrootKarin M VermeulenRiemer H J A SlartMarcel J W GreuterMarian J E MouritsGeertruida H de BockPublished in: Insights into imaging (2024)
• Screening for sarcopenia should be optimized as the population ages. • DXA outperformed CT and MRI in the measured metrics. • DXA validity should be further evaluated as an alternative to CT and MRI for sarcopenia evaluation.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- skeletal muscle
- image quality
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- community dwelling
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- positron emission tomography
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- cervical cancer screening
- adipose tissue
- high resolution