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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Schick, Flushing, NY (US);
David B Plass, Merrick, NY (US);
Jonathan Singer, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Assignee:
Schick Technologies, Long Island City, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 53 ; 378 56 ; 378207 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring bone density is disclosed. The method and apparatus use high-energy and low-energy images of hard-tissue and soft-tissue references to determine characteristics of hard and soft tissue under high-energy and low-energy radiation. Then, high-energy and low-energy x-ray images of the subject are processed to compute the density of the bone inside the subject.