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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Takeshi Ohkubo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a bone measurement method, an index value representing a condition of a structure of a bone tissue is acquired. Bone tissue pattern emphasis processing is carried out on a radiation image of an object, which contains at least the bone tissue, and in accordance with a morphology operation. Index value acquisition processing is then carried out on a bone tissue image, which has been obtained from the bone tissue pattern emphasis processing and represents an emphasized pattern of the structure of the bone tissue. The index value accurately representing the condition of the structure of the bone tissue is thereby acquired non-invasively in accordance with the radiation image.