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DXA Radiation Dose Comparison

DXA Radiation Dose Comparison

DXA Radiation Dose Comparison

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Overview: The document compares radiation doses per scan across different bone densitometry equipment, highlighting Norland's technology as having the lowest radiation exposure in the industry.
Specifications: Norland equipment dynamically adjusts x-ray flux across eight levels to optimize the count rate during scans. This ensures minimal radiation exposure while maintaining scan quality.
Radiation Dose Comparison: The document includes a comparison of radiation doses for AP Spine, Femur, and Whole Body scans. Norland's XR-800 and XR-600 models are shown to have significantly lower radiation doses compared to competitors like Hologic and GE Lunar models.
Dynamic Filtration Technology: Norland utilizes dynamic filtration that adjusts x-ray output based on the subject's thickness. This technology reduces radiation exposure by preventing detector saturation or starvation, which can occur with fixed radiation levels used by other scanners.
Operator Safety: The document also addresses scatter radiation dose to operators, indicating that Norland equipment provides lower exposure levels compared to GE iDXA models.
Certifications: Norland is certified under ISO 13485, ensuring compliance with international standards for medical devices.
Conclusion: Norland's bone densitometry equipment offers a significant advantage in terms of radiation safety for both patients and operators, thanks to its advanced dynamic filtration technology.
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Radiation Dose Per Scan Comparison Norland radiation dose to patients is the lowest in the industry. Constantly monitoring the high energy count rate, Norland equipment automatically and dynamically varies x-ray flux to one of eight levels to ensure an optimal count rate is used to carry out the scan of a subject. AP Spine mRems - Subject Femur mRems - Subject 14.6 o y r Pr nce mo 00 600 very ore XA -ra -8 iD o igy dva Pri tX pl x d s XR ar sc XR i E e n ro y A igy nd and ic D Ch Lu gic r P dig rod la l P or GE or olog Holo una Pro r N N L r H na GE una Lu L GE GE Whole Body Scan mRems - Subject y 0 o ry er Pro 00 ce A -ra -8 R-60 ove plor an Prim iDX tX igy Adv XR x s X sc y E d ar d ig od he Di n n n C gic r Pr digy od rla orla ogic Lu lo Pr a o No N ol GE Ho Lun r Pr nar H a Lu GE Lun GE E G Scatter Radiation Dose Comparison - Operator e r y 00 e i re y W y W ry A ssu issu Pro nce mo ra X- R-8 plo er ver cove k ti rd t digy dva Pri x st X E cov co is e d A ic da ro gy Ch lan is D th P is gic di n igy lo c D ic D gic or XA Sta nar rod Pro N Ho ogi log olo iD A Lu ar P nar l H GE iDX GE u n Ho Ho E Lu E L G G GE Information from Hologic Discovery/Explorer Specificationsheet S-161 and Lunar Safety and Specification Manual Rev B Part# Lu43618EN. 3 ft mRems/hr Norland 0.09 ©Copyright 2015 Norland at Swissray Form No. 600P180 Rev A 4/15 Printed in USA Certified ISO 13485 Source: CRCPD Task Force on Bone Densitometry, Technical White Paper: Bone Densitometry, October 2006 Lunar encore Safety & Specification Manual, GE Healthcare, Rev 3 – Part number: LU43618EN, May 2009

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DXA Radiation Dose Comparison-2

Norland Minimal Radiation Dosage Norland utilizes exclusive dynamic filtration which automatically adjusts the amount of x-ray based on subject thickness. A benefit of dynamic filtration is that it delivers the lowest level of radiation exposure to the operator and subject in the market. The dynamic filtering process automatically adjusts radiation output based on regional thickness. Limbs are less thick than trunks and will require less radiation. Trunks are typically thicker resulting in higher radiation dosage. Other scanners employ fixed radiation levels regardless of thickness producing...

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