Private Clinics and Health Professionals
The Osteoporosis Scanning Service for private patients
Osteo-Scan North East provides:

a confidential and professional service for private referrals primarily in the North East.

an accessible, cost effective service to find out if your patients/clients are at risk of osteoporosis.

Immediate results, preventing delays in further treatment.

As this is a mobile service patients/clients can be scanned at your practice or they can visit the clinic in Sedgefield. For immobile patients the scanner could be taken to their home.

The scanner can be placed in an examination room without special installation or radiation shielding, with a set-up time of approximately 30 minutes. Scan appointments are usually at 15 minute intervals allowing up to 20 patients to be seen per session. A computer programme controls the system; this produces an image of both radius and ulna, and the region for measurement is then automatically selected.

Results are provided as bone mineral content (BMC) in g/cm, and bone mineral density (BMD) in g/cm2. They are expressed as a standard deviation score in relation to the mean BMD of age and sex matched reference data (Z-score) and to the mean BMD of sex matched young adults peak bone mass, (T-score) Peripheral scanners deliver a very low dose x-ray (effective dose 0.05 to 0.5mSv; natural background radiation is approximately 7mSv per day). However, there still must be compliance with appropriate radiation regulations.

Remember, if diagnosed early, osteoporosis can be treated.