Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1997-07-01
1998-07-21
Lateef, Marvin M
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
600408, 600547, A61B 500
Patent
active
057827630
ABSTRACT:
Non-invasive quantitative in-vivo electromagnetic evaluation of bone is performed by subjecting bone to an electrical excitation wave-form supplied to a pair of electrodes on opposite sides of a bony member, and involving a repetitive finite duration signal consisting of plural frequencies that are in the range 0 Hz-200 MHz. Signal-processing of a bone-current response signal and a bone-voltage response signal is operative to sequentially average the most recently received given number of successive bone-current and bone-voltage response signals to obtain an averaged per-pulse bone-current signal and an averaged per-pulse bone-voltage signal, and to produce their associated Fourier transforms. These Fourier transforms are further processed to obtain the frequency-dependent bone-admittance function. In a separate operation, the same electrodes respond to the same excitation signal via a medium of known electromagnetic properties and path length to establish a reference-voltage signal and reference-current signal, which are processed to produce their associated Fourier transforms. These two Fourier transforms are further processed to produce a frequency-dependent reference-admittance function, which together with the bone-admittance function are processed to derive the frequency-dependent bone-conductivity real function, .sigma.'.sub.b (f), and frequency-dependent dielectric bone-permittivity real function, .di-elect cons.'.sub.b (f). The function .sigma.'.sub.b (f) is related to the energy loss in the bony member, and the function .di-elect cons.'.sub.b (f) is related to the energy storage in the bony member. A neural network, configured to generate an estimate of one or more of the desired bone-related quantities, is connected for response to the functions .sigma.'.sub.b (f) and .di-elect cons.'.sub.b (f), whereby to generate the indicated estimates of bone status, namely, bone-density, bone-architecture, bone-strength and bone-fracture risk.
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Bianco Bruno
Chiabrera Alessandro
Kaufman Jonathan J.
Cyberlogic Inc.
Lateef Marvin M
Shaw Shawna J.
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