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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Amvalor, Paris, FR;
Ecole Nationale Superieure D'arts ET Metiers, Paris, FR;
Wafa Skalli, Paris, FR;
AMVALOR, Paris, FR;
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of estimating the distribution of bone mineral density in at least one portion of a person's skeleton. The method includes generating a geometrical representation of the portion of the skeleton; a geometrical representation in three dimensions of at least one portion of the outline of the person; and first and second X-ray images; and using software to estimate: a value for the thickness of soft tissue through which the given X-ray has passed; an attenuation coefficient of the soft tissues that have been passed through; a value for the thickness of bone tissue through which the given X-ray has passed; and using the thickness value for the soft tissue through which the given X-ray has passed, and a value for the attenuation of the given X-ray due to the thickness of the bone tissue through which it has passed, the software estimates a value representative of the bone mineral density of the bone tissues through which the given X-ray has passed.