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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Leroy Dean Chapman, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Moumen O. Hasnah, Chicago, IL (US);
Oral Oltulu, Chicago, IL (US);
Zhong Zhong, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Juergen Mollenhauer, D-07607 Eisenberg, DE;
Carol Muehleman, Skokie, IL (US);
Klaus Kuettner, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthias Aurich, D-09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE;
Etta D. Pisano, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
R. Eugene Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William Craig Thomlinson, 38240 Meylan, FR;
Dale Sayers, Raleigh, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and system for detecting an image of an object, particularly a soft tissue material. A generated x-ray beam is transmitted through the soft tissue material. A transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. An image of the object is detected from a beam diffracted from the crystal analyzer either at or near a peak of a rocking curve of the crystal analyzer. The method and system of this invention is particularly useful for analyzing images of cartilage.