Bone assessment has a new standard. It earned that in Europe. It is now here.
- Bone mineral density
- Bone quality
- Internal microarchitecture, with a Fragility Score for structural fracture risk
- Body composition
Validated in Europe since 2013. Included in Italy's national osteoporosis guidelines. FDA-cleared in the US.
The United States is catching up. Systematic adoption of new clinical standards takes years, sometimes decades. Your bones do not have that kind of time.
No single scan sees everything.
Understanding your bones is complicated, and the tools that measure them are still catching up. There is no single scan that sees all of it, only a set of readings, each revealing a different part of the picture.
DEXA has been the standard for forty years. It measures one thing: bone mineral density, in two dimensions. That made it the reference every other tool is judged against. Standard, though, does not mean complete.
REMS® is a different kind of tool, and a genuinely new one. It reads bone with radiofrequency instead of radiation, and reads something density alone was never built to show: the structural quality of the bone itself, drawn from your own bone.
Density
How much mineral is present. REMS® matches DEXA here: the forty-year reference.
Structure
How that bone is actually built, its structural quality.
Both from a single session, without radiation.
An engineer assessing a structure does not ask how much material was used. The engineer asks: will it hold. Bone deserves the same question. That is the layer REMS® adds.
How REMS® works, briefly.
REMS® sends a sound wave into your bone and listens to what comes back. The echo carries information about your specific bone tissue: its density and its internal structure. That acoustic signature is unique to your bone. No hospital. No radiation. No referral required. The full mechanism, how the device filters the signal, isolates load-bearing bone, and compares your bone against a reference library of 10,000+ real bone specimens, is worth understanding if you want to know how REMS® produces what it produces.
See the full mechanism →What happens at a REMS® appointment.
A REMS® scan takes about 45 minutes. You lie down. A handheld probe is placed at the lumbar spine and proximal femur. No radiation, no contrast, no medication adjustment. You receive your results in the same session.
What to expect at your scan →The evidence.
REMS® is not a promising idea waiting for evidence. A decade of independent validation sits behind it: peer-reviewed journals, inclusion in Italy's national osteoporosis guidelines, and institutions that do not take a manufacturer's word for anything. Where DEXA is strongest, REMS® agrees with it. The Fragility Score is built from real outcomes. The full record is worth reading.
See the evidence →Two ways to start with REMS®.
The only mobile REMS® service in Western Washington.
A new clinical input.
A new, independent input you read and interpret. Radiation-free, repeatable, and the patient relationship stays with you.
Partner With Us →Your full picture, one session.
A complete bone assessment in one session. No radiation, no referral, results reviewed with you the same day.
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