PURPOSE: Taking pictures of the spine with Morphometric X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) leads to a radiation dose of just 1% of conventional X-ray. Purpose of this study was to evaluate if DXA is a suitable method for sufficient measuring of the scoliosis angle. METHOD: We examined 20 patients with scolioses I. Control-pictures were made with conventional X-rays and compared to those made by DXA, measuring of scoliosis angle was performed by the method of Lippmann/Cobb. RESULTS: The difference between both methods was -10.5% DXA to conventional X-ray-each angle examined on DXA was smaller. CONCLUSION: It is possible to measure scolioses I on DXA.
PURPOSE: Taking pictures of the spine with Morphometric X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) leads to a radiation dose of just 1% of conventional X-ray. Purpose of this study was to evaluate if DXA is a suitable method for sufficient measuring of the scoliosis angle. METHOD: We examined 20 patients with scolioses I. Control-pictures were made with conventional X-rays and compared to those made by DXA, measuring of scoliosis angle was performed by the method of Lippmann/Cobb. RESULTS: The difference between both methods was -10.5% DXA to conventional X-ray-each angle examined on DXA was smaller. CONCLUSION: It is possible to measure scolioses I on DXA.