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- Research interests
- The Extracellular Matrix
- Biophysics of membranes
- Biophysics of the vasculature
- Physics of human perception
- Biomedical imaging
- Biomedical electrochemistry
- Bone research
- Charcot neuroarthropathy
- Obesity effects on DXA measurements
- MRI and DXA measurement of visceral adipose tissue
- Obesity effects on bone growth
- Body composition measurements
- Mechanotransduction in membranes
- Nonlinear Biophotonics
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The effect of obesity on DXA measurements (Prodigy and iDXA)
Collaborators: Dr Jo Welsman, Dr Ann Rowlands and Dr Glen Blake (King’s College London)
With the percentage of the population that are obese rapidly increasing, there are potential effects on DXA measurements. This study follows the hypothesis that precision errors will increase with increasing body mass index and body mass (BMI). 150 women will be recruited from the local population covering all body mass index groups to investigate whether precision errors increase with increasing BMI at the lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole body. New least significant changes and optimum follow-up periods will be calculated from the data. This study is currently being undertaken on the GE Lunar Prodigy, but will be repeated on the new GE Lunar iDXA supplied by GE Medical.
