Prodigy DXA systems GE Lunar Body compositio

Features

• The Lunar PRODIGY Advance is a GE healthcare DEXA system which can be used for whole body scans
• GE healthcare DEXA systems uses a K-edge filter that absorbs the X-rays in the middle energy range creating two low energy X-rays and classes the Lunar iDEXA as a narrow-angle fan beam
• It measures the attenuation of the two X-rays as they pass through body tissues
• Different tissues absorb these x rays in different manners and it therefore distinguishes bone mass from soft tissue and within the soft tissue fat mass and lean mass
• The manufactures encore software provide estimates of fat, bone mineral content and lean mass in the total body and in specifically defined regions
• The encore corescan software feature can produce estimates of visceral adipose tissue (mass and volume) within the android regio