The Journal of Clinical Densitometry 2026 Scientific Paper Review - My Top 5 Articles for Technologists
Includes a Live Web Event on 04/26/2026 at 2:45 PM (EDT)
The Journal of Clinical Densitometry 2026 Scientific Paper Review - My Top 5 Articles for Technologists
Sunday, April 26, 2026, 2:45pm - 3:45pm Eastern Time (NY/USA)
Descriptions and Objectives
This session will provide DXA technologists with a structured review of selected peer-reviewed articles addressing key aspects of DXA practice, including quality assurance, patient positioning, clinical applications, software innovation, and technologist–patient communication. Participants will examine the purpose, methodology, and principal findings of each article and discuss their relevance to the daily technologist workflow, scan quality, and patient care. The program will also highlight the broader significance of these research findings and explore their potential impact on the evolving role of current and future DXA technologists, supporting evidence-based practice and professional development.
After attending this lecture, participants will be able to:
- Describe the purpose, methods, and key findings of each selected article, highlighting implications for technologist positioning practices, clinical applications of DXA, and software and workflow innovations and limitations.
- Analyze how the reported findings relate to DXA technologist workflow, including effects on scan acquisition steps, image quality, interpretation support, and downstream patient care.
- Explain the significance of this body of literature for current and future DXA technologists, focusing on how the evidence can inform practice standards, training priorities, and the evolution of technologist roles in patient-centered bone health and body composition assessment.
Handouts
All speakers are requested to provide handouts/lecture slides for registered attendees. Those that are provided for this session will be uploaded to the handouts tab and can be accessed/downloaded from that tab.
Christopher Cirnigliaro, PhD, CBDT
Investigator
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
For more than 24 years, Dr. Christopher M. Cirnigliaro has served as an investigator and bone densitometry technician at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Damage Research Center. His primary research interests focus on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of bone loss in individuals living with acute and chronic spinal cord injury. Over the course of his career, Dr. Cirnigliaro has been a co-investigator on more than ten clinical trials examining post-injury bone loss. He has served as senior research coordinator and co-investigator on multiple studies involving the bisphosphonates pamidronate and zoledronic acid, as well as two recent trials combining the RANKL inhibitor denosumab with the anti-sclerostin agent romosozumab to prevent and treat bone loss following spinal cord injury. In all of these studies, Dr. Cirnigliaro has developed protocol designs for image acquisition and analysis, and has led statistical analyses of bone mineral density data derived from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). Dr. Cirnigliaro is currently a recipient of the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development & Translation Career Development Award-2. His ongoing research investigates the effects of exoskeleton-assisted walking and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on imaging and serum biomarkers of skeletal muscle mass and bone strength in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.
ASRT Credit
This session is approved by ASRT for 1.00 Category A credits.