Table of Contents 1 Background.......................................................................................................6 2 Project Objectives.… 7 3Methodology8 3.1 DEXA Scans of Tissue phantoms8 3.2 DEXA and CT scanning of six beef sides...............................9. 3.3 Second set of phantom and carcase scans at production X-Ray levels and reduced X-Ray levels........ .13 4 Results/Discussion… 17 4.1 DEXAScans of Tissue Phantoms1 4.2 DEXA and CT scanning of six beef sides....... .20 4.3 Second set of phantom and carcase scans at production X-Ray levels and reduced X-Ray levels................................... 28 4.3.1 Tissue Phantom Analysis..28 4.3.2 Carcase Data Analysis (8 sides).................... .31 5 Conclusions/Recommendations.................. .38 Page 5 of 44Page 5 of 44 Table of Contents 1 Background.........................................................................................................................6 2 Project Objectives...............................................................................................................7 3 Methodology .......................................................................................................................8 3.1 DEXA Scans of Tissue Phantoms ..............................................................................8 3.2 DEXA and CT scanning of six beef sides...................................................................9 3.3 Second set of phantom and carcase scans at production X-Ray levels and reduced X-Ray levels. ........................................................................................................................13 4 Results/Discussion ...........................................................................................................17 4.1 DEXA Scans of Tissue Phantoms ............................................................................17 4.2 DEXA and CT scanning of six beef sides.................................................................20 4.3 Second set of phantom and carcase scans at production X-Ray levels and reduced X-Ray levels. ........................................................................................................................28 4.3.1 Tissue Phantom Analysis ..................................................................................28 4.3.2 Carcase Data Analysis (8 sides) .......................................................................31 5 Conclusions/Recommendations.......................................................................................38