Clinical Imaging Service
Our Clinical Imaging Service includes four devices, used to assess bone, muscle, cardiovascular and joint health. To our knowledge, we are the only group in the world with this complete suite of bone imaging machines. The Service is available to research groups and for clinical cases at the discretion of the Bone and Muscle Research Group (BMRG).
Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA)
DXA densitometer: used primarily to evaluate bone mineral density and body composition
High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT)
HR-pQCT: 3D assessment of cortical and trabecular density, cortical thickness and porosity, trabecular stress measures and more
Leonardo Mechanograph® Ground Reaction Force Platform (GRFP) Lite (LT)
The GRFP allows for dynamic measurement of ground reaction forces with respect to spatial resolution.
Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT)
pQCT: 3D assessment of bone structure, composition and geometry at the radius and tibia
Quantitative Heel Ultrasound
Heel Ultrasound: used to pre-screen for low bone mineral density