3D X-ray reveals secrets from inside bones Date: June 15, 2020 Source: Aarhus University Summary: Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown substructure in bone tissue using a new X-ray ...

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Recent years have seen a rapid growth of interest in the use of x-ray diffraction techniques as a non-invasive, non-destructive method for analyzing the nanostructure of bone to help advance our ...

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In a DXA, a low-energy beam is projected on a bone, usually in the hip, the lower lumbar region or the arm. The amount of X-ray radiation that passes through provides a measure of the calcium ...

The bone itself was being broken down far more extensively than normal. Bones constantly remodel to stay healthy, but in this case, the bone was disappearing much quicker than it was being replaced.