Iskaanka DEXA, ama Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, waa tijaabada ugu kalsoonida badan ee la isticmaalo si loo cabbiro cufnaanta macdanta lafaha. Waxay ka caawisaa in la aqoonsado lafo-beelka (lafo hoose) iyo osteoporosis (lafo daciif ah oo u badan inay jabaan), labaduba waxay si gaar ah ugu badan yihiin haweenka ka dib menopause ama inta lagu jiro daaweynta kansarka qaarkood.
Haweenka qaata daaweynta hoormoonka, ilaalinta xoogga lafaha waa qayb muhiim ah oo ka mid ah caafimaadka muddada dheer. Apollo Athenaa, baaritaannada DEXA waxaa lagu daraa daryeelka caadiga ah ee haweenka khatarta ku jira, taasoo ka caawisa dhakhaatiirta inay sameeyaan go'aanno xog ogaal ah oo ku saabsan daaweynta, wax ka beddelka qaab nololeedka, iyo daryeelka ka hortagga.