CTC can diagnose more than cancer

January 1, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 31 No. 1 CTC can diagnose more than cancer Researchers find modality can also detect osteoporosis By David Ma and Rebekah Moan CT colonography can screen for both colorectal cancer and osteoporosis reliably at minimal additional cost and time, according to a study at San Francisco VA Hospital. Given the nature of CT colonography, radiologists may construct scans into 3D models of the spine, which can then be used to measure bone mineral density, according to lead author of the study Dr. Rizwan Aslam, an assistant clinical professor of radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Radiologists can then use the information to determine the risk or presence of osteoporosis.

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