Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1997-02-04
1998-11-24
Jaworski, Francis J.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
600442, A61B 800
Patent
active
058400290
ABSTRACT:
A scanning ultrasonic apparatus provides measurements of a bone at a number of spatially separated locations. These measurements may produce an image or may be used to automatically identify a measurement region of interest or to align a series of measurements with each other despite possible shifting in the bony member in between measurements.
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Mazess Richard B.
Morris Richard F.
Wiener Scott A.
Jaworski Francis J.
Lunar Corporation
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