DEXA Bone Densitometry Testing

Cottage Health offers bone densitometry testing—DEXA scanning—at Cottage Imaging - Goleta and Cottage Imaging - Santa Ynez Valley.

Osteoporosis is a growing healthcare crisis affecting millions of women and men worldwide. Through a DEXA scan, osteoporosis is detectable and treatable and testing is safe and non-invasive.

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Early Detection and Treatment of Osteoporosis

The DEXA imaging technology provides advanced diagnostic imaging tools to support early detection and treatment of osteoporosis—a disease that weakens your bones when bone mass is lost, and changes occur in the structure of bone tissue. The National Institutes of Health defines osteoporosis as a “silent” disease because most people do not have symptoms and may not even know they have the disease until they break a bone or suffer from an injury. Osteoporosis is the main cause of fractures in postmenopausal women and in older men.

During the DEXA scan, measurements are typically made of the lower spine and upper part of the hip. A DEXA test can detect osteoporosis before a fracture occurs and can estimate your risk of having a fracture in the future, as well as identify others who might benefit from measures to improve bone strength.

DEXA enables new dimensions in care and generates the crisp, clear, high-resolution images you need to accurately assess bone density.

Who Should Get DEXA Testing 

Talk to your primary care physician about bone mineral density testing with DEXA, especially if you fall into one of these categories:

• Women aged 65 years or older and men aged 70 years or older
• Men and postmenopausal women ages 50-69 years, based on risk factor profile
• Men and postmenopausal women aged 50 years or older who have had an adult-age fracture.

Accredited Facilities

Cottage Health is accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the gold standard in medical imaging. As American College of Radiology-accredited facilities, Cottage Health provides you with the most advanced technology imaging services and personalized care.

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DEXA Scanning Locations

Our convenient locations for DEXA bone densitometry scans:

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