Title:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FUTURE FRACTURE RISK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001038824
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A DEXA bone densitometer produces estimates of future fracture risk from a current fracture data derived from a lateral image of a patient's thoracic and lumbar spine taken in a single scan, typically with the patient on her or his side, and from numerical bone mineral density measurements. The bone densitometer produces a lateral image of the patient's thoracic and lumbar spine (106) and develops numerical bone characteristics data (104), and future bone fracture risk data and produces a 3D graph (108). Single to dual energy scanning is utilized, with different proportions of two x-ray energy ranges available for different parts of the image.
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Inventors:
STEIN JAY A
STETTEN ERIC VON
WEISS HOWARD P
FALLON JOHN P
SMITH ANDREW P
WILSON KEVIN E
STETTEN ERIC VON
WEISS HOWARD P
FALLON JOHN P
SMITH ANDREW P
WILSON KEVIN E
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/031478
Publication Date:
August 15, 2002
Filing Date:
November 16, 2000
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Assignee:
HOLOGIC INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B6/00; (IPC1-7): G01B15/02
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