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The report is the final sequence in the pathway of a patient’s bone density testing. After the technologist performs the test, the results are interpreted and a written report is generated by a clinician. The quality of the report can vary widely due to a lack of historical patient information and the fact that some “interpreters” simply pass on the data generated by the DXA computer and provide no clinical assessment or interpretation.
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Licata, A.A., Williams, S.E. (2014). The DXA Report: What Every Referring Clinician Needs to Know. In: A DXA Primer for the Practicing Clinician. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1375-3_5
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