Apparatus for measuring the bone mineral content of an extremity

Details Apparatus for measuring the bone mineral content of an extremity Apparatus for measuring the bone mineral content of an extremity

1995-12-28

1998-01-27

Porta, David P.

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Absorption

378 56, 378208, G01N 2306

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ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for measuring the bone density of the extremities of a human body. The apparatus includes an x-ray source for projecting a continuous spectrum x-ray beam through a body extremity region and a calibration wedge positioned adjacent to the body extremity region to produce x-ray images of the body extremity region and the calibration wedge; an x-ray image converter for converting the x-ray images into digital image signals representative of the x-ray images of the body extremity region and of the calibration wedge; and a digital image processor for processing by means of a segmentation technique the digital image signals representative of the x-ray images of the body extremity region and the calibration wedge to automatically determine the bone density of at least a portion of the body extremity region to establish whether or not there has been a loss of bone mass.

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