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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Neeraj Agrawal, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Manoocher Mansouri Aliabadi, Studio City, CA (US);
Christian Wulff, Torrance, CA (US);
Kahn-tze Andrew Lim, El Monte, CA (US);
Neeraj Agrawal, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Manoocher Mansouri Aliabadi, Studio City, CA (US);
Christian Wulff, Torrance, CA (US);
Kahn-Tze Andrew Lim, El Monte, CA (US);
Osteometer Meditech, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dual energy X-ray apparatus and method for osteoporosis assessment and monitoring. The present invention takes a bone densitometry reading of a patient's wrist to assess osteoporosis and monitor bone loss condition by repeat measurements along with therapy. The bone densitometry system has an X-ray source, dual energy detectors, an arm-rest to place the patient's arm, a motion system to move the source-detector gantry along the patient's forearm, and a computer with a database to archive the wrist image, calculate the bone mineral density, maintain a history of patient information, and generate patient history reports.