In addition, QCT can avoid the artificially high BMD measurements that can confuse the results from DXA in arthritic patients, patients who are obese, who suffer from disc space narrowing or spinal degenerative diseases, aortic calcification or osteophytes.
QCT can circumvent the artificially inflated BMD measurements that can confound DXA results in patients with arthritis, obesity, disc space narrowing or spinal degenerative diseases, aortic calcification or osteophytes.