Central to this is the policy that justification of the scan must take account of the presence of and the risk to the foetus. The clinical benefits of the DXA scan must clearly outweigh the risks. No ...

However, new developments in DXA imaging technology (fan beam ... The reported scatter dose rates at 1m from the central axis of the patient table range from few tenths of a µSv/h to 5 µSv/h, ...