Hologic Discovery PW Bone Densitometer
AMERICA North (USA-Canada-Mexico)
Exceptional Precision and Accuracy
* High Definition Digital DXA Detectors - To improve fracture detection and to visualize abdominal aortic calcifications1.
* Speed and Image Quality - Discovery imaging technology captures the hip and spine with as fast as 10-second regional scanning time.
* Superb Visualization1 - The Discovery system's exclusive design utilizes a high resolution detector array paired with true fan-beam linear acquisition geometry.
* Consistency from Exam to Exam - The Discovery system performs continuous, automatic calibration, ensuring precise measurements results from exam to exam.
Clinical Applications
• Express BMD 10 Second Spine and Hip acquisition
• Express Exam Productivity Tools
• Better than 1.0 % in vivo precision
• L1-L4 Standard Spine Analysis
• Five Region Proximal Femur Analysis (Total Femur, Femoral Neck, Inter-Trochanteric,Trochanteric, Wards Triangle)
• AcuView automated Dual Femur
• Instant Vertebral Assessment High Definition (IVA HD) with Image Pro
• 15 second single energy acquisition with decubitus or supine patient positioning
• 1.8 Line Pair per mm Resolution
• Visual, Quantitative and Semi-quantitative analysis of vertebral bodies:
• MXApro, computer-aided fracture assessment tool
• Quantitative Morphometry with 6 point vertebral height measurements
• Forearm analysis with automated analysis of Ultra Distal, 33% Shaft,
Mid-Shaft and Total ROI for Ulna, Radius and Global measurements
• Tech Tips Onscreen help graphically displays proper patient positioning
• Automatic Low BMD Spine and Hip Analysis
• Scoliotic Spine Analysis
• Pediatric Spine, Hip, and Whole Body (W and A models only) Analysis
• Infant Spine analysis down to age zero
• ISCD Compliant Standardized BMD Reporting
• Single/Dual Energy Image Display
• Context Sensitive Help Software
• Serial Scan Comparison