Echolight REMS® reads the acoustic signature of your bone — density, internal architecture, and structural quality — in real time, with no radiation. Here is what happens during a scan, and why it sees what density alone cannot.
A probe is placed at your lumbar spine and proximal femur — the same sites a DEXA would measure. The sound wave enters. The echo returns. Everything that isn't load-bearing bone is filtered out.
The echo carries your bone's acoustic signature: density, internal architecture, the structural quality of the tissue itself. No two are alike.
What's left is read against a reference database of 10,000+ real patients, matched to your age, sex, and body size. Some of their bones held. Some broke under low force. Your result tells you where you rank, and which one yours resembles.
Meaningful bone structural change is measurable in as little as six months. The technology has to be precise enough to detect it.
REMS® combines clinical advantages that no other bone health assessment provides in a single technology.
A safer alternative for regular bone health monitoring, including patients already undergoing radiation treatment.
Beyond bone mineral density, REMS® reports microarchitecture and composition — a fuller picture of bone strength than density provides alone.
Evaluates trabecular thickness and connectivity, cortical thickness, and porosity of bone.
An estimated probability of fracture over the next five years, calculated from your bone mineral density and Fragility Score.
Validated across conditions like type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, where density alone can mislead.
Bone properties visualized and analyzed within minutes, in the room.
Monitors bone health earlier in life and more often than radiation-based methods allow — safe during pregnancy and pre-menopause.
Bone evaluation prior to joint replacement or spine fusion surgery to inform surgical planning.
Portable technology used in various care settings. We bring it to your practice, organization, or home.
Every REMS® assessment scans the lumbar vertebrae (L1–L4) and femoral neck — the same sites as DEXA. From a single, radiation-free scan, REMS® delivers four distinct measurement categories: a broader read than density alone.
BMD measured in g/cm² at the lumbar vertebrae and femoral neck, plus T-Score and Z-Score. The standard parameters for osteoporosis diagnosis your physician already reads.
A 0–100 score capturing internal bone structure and microarchitecture. Independent of BMD. The measurement DEXA cannot produce.
Fracture probability for spine and hip in the next five years, calculated from your specific density and bone quality data.
Body fat percentage, basal metabolic rate, and visceral fat assessment, all from the same scan.
It measures how much mineral is there — one dimension of bone strength, not the whole picture. Here is how the two approaches differ.
Neither FRAX nor TBS reads the structure of the bone itself. REMS® does.
