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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas N Hangartner, Xenia, OH (US);
Assignee:
Wright State University, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378207 ; 378 54 ;
Abstract
This invention includes a computed tomography (CT) system which has the ability to quantitate cortical bone. Based on a series of specialized phantom measurements, the characteristics of the CT scanner with respect to the evaluation of cortical bone are established. The resulting characteristics provide the input to a specific algorithm that analyzes cross-sectional images containing cortical bone.