The Body Composition Core Lab
The Schubert Research Clinic (SRC) Body Composition Core Lab provides researchers two imaging techniques to assess bone mass, bone density and body composition of humans.
Body Composition Core
Our Equipment
DXA imaging provides a two-dimensional measurement of:
- Total body bone mass
- Total body lean mass and fat mass
- Regional bone mass and density
The Body Composition Core uses Hologic densitometers (Hologic Inc., Bedford, MA) to perform DXA scans on both clinical and research patients.
Scans available include: whole body, AP lumbar spine, lateral spine, proximal femur or hip, forearm and distal femur.
Learn more about our body composition imaging equipment located in the Schubert Research Clinic.
A Stratec XCT 2000 pQCT (Orthometrix, White Plains, NY) measures volumetric bone mineral density and cross-sectional bone dimensions of the radius and tibia.
The three-dimensional pQCT allows for selective measurement of:
- Bone area
- Cortical area and thickness
- Periosteal and endosteal circumference
- Cortical and trabecular bone density
- Biomechanical strain strength indices
- Muscle cross-sectional area and density
Learn more about our body composition imaging equipment located in the Schubert Research Clinic.
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Contact Us
For questions about the Body Composition Core Lab contact:
Suzanne Summer, MS, RD
513-636-2734
suzanne.summer@cchmc.org
schubertresearchclinic@cchmc.org
3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3026
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