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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Sedlmair, Zirndorf, DE;
Michael Sühling, Erlangen, DE;
Alexey Tsymbal, Erlangen, DE;
Dimitrij Zharkov, Forchheim, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/583 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for the automatic determination of the bone density and a method is disclosed for the automatic detection and characterization of spinal column fractures. Both methods enable the fully automatic detection and assessment of damaged vertebrae and reliably enable an analysis of the state of the vertebrae with a high accuracy rate. A computed tomography system to carry out either of the methods is further disclosed.