Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1992-02-28
1994-01-18
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
378 55, 378197, A61B 600
Patent
active
RE0345113
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus employing radiation for measuring bone density in which the bone can be scanned from different angles. The multidirectional scanning is accomplished by rotating the radiation source and detector about the stationary object being irradiated.
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O'Neill William
Warne James R.
Hologic Inc.
Smith Ruth S.
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