dual photon absorptiometry

English

Noun

dual photon absorptiometry (plural dual photon absorptiometries)

  1. (medicine) Use of two differing sources of radiation to measure the density of a substance, typically bone.

References
  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 13
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