10/22/2026
How does preclinical DXA generate high-quality BMD and body composition data?
When an anesthetized animal is exposed to two different X-ray energy levels in sequence, the scanner collects multiple datasets about where those X-ray beams land. From there, the system is designed to compare the differences in attenuation patterns and classify each pixel as bone mineral, fat, or lean tissue.
That is what turns a scan into quantitative measurements such as BMD, BMC, fat mass, lean mass, tissue area, and region-specific data that researchers can track over time in the same animal.
With the iNSiGHT DXA by Osteosys, this workflow can be applied in mice, rats, and similarly sized animals, with measurements acquired in approximately 25 seconds using low-dose radiation and no contrast agents.
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