Osteoporosis Essentials

This course will enable the technologist to:

Design and implement quality control and assurance practices;

Understand the importance of precision assessments and how to conduct in a facility;

Identify lumbar spine, proximal femur and forearm anatomy and recognize abnormal or unusual anatomy and correct patient positioning for scan acquisition and analysis;

Recognize vertebral fracture significance in osteoporosis and techniques for acquiring VFA scans;

Critically evaluate DXA scans and identify acquisition and analysis errors as methods to resolve errors;

Recognize how technical errors impact clinical interpretation and patient care.