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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Machiko Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Watabe, Funabashi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128781 ; 128665 ; 33512 ; 358107 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting an abnormality of the spinal column is provided with apparatus for obliquely applying at least one light beam to each of the left and right backs of a subject in parallel with an imaginary spinal line, and apparatus for comparing and detecting the positions on the left and right backs to which the light beams have been applied.