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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Densitom. 2009 Mar 24;12(2):207–218. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.01.005

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Figure 1

Figure 1

(A) Patient positioning for the left lateral distal femur scan showing the child in a side-lying position with positioning devices (foam blocks and sand bags) to assist in attaining a comfortable and stable position. The femur is centered on the table and parallel to the edge. The forearm scan mode is used to obtain the scan. (B) Analysis of the scan requires insertion of region of interest boxes. The width and height of each region of interest box is illustrated in the figure. (C) The three regions of interest are illustrated in the figure.