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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William O'Neill, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R Warne, Washington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600425 ; 378 55 ; 378197 ;
Abstract
An apparatus employing radiation for measuring bone density in which the bone can be scanned from different angles. The multidirectional scanning is accomplished by rotating the radiation source and detector about the stationary object being irradiated.