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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2004
Michael D. Morris, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven A. Goldstein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Barbara R. Mccreadie, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tso-ching Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael D. Morris, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven A. Goldstein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Barbara R. McCreadie, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tso-Ching Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In a method for diagnosing or helping to diagnose a bone tissue condition of a patient, a portion of bone tissue of the patient is irradiated using a light source. The bone tissue may be irradiated in vivo through the skin or via an incision, for example. Alternatively, a biopsy of the bone tissue may be irradiated. Then, spectral content information for light scattered, reflected, or transmitted by the bone tissue is determined, and is used, at least in part, to determine whether the patient has a bone tissue condition.