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US 2006/0222223 A1Published application
Methods and systems for analyzing bone conditions using mammography device
OwnerXiaoli Bi, Phillip Berman +2inventors
InventorsXiaoli Bi, Phillip Berman, Louai Al-Dayeh, John McLaughlin
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Abstract
Methods and systems for analyzing bone tissue using a mammography device is provided. Image data is obtained from the mammography device and used to generate a bone condition profile. The bone condition profile includes use of radiographic absorptiometry methods to construct a representative mammography profile of a particular sample tissue. The bone condition profile includes a measure of bone mineral density.
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A system, comprising:
- a mammography device for passing x-rays through a bone of a patient and recording signals corresponding to the x-rays passed through the bone;
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- an analyzer for analyzing the signals recorded by the mammography device to determine a condition of the patient's bone.
A method of analyzing a bone condition comprising:
- passing X-rays from a mammography device through a bone of a patient;
- recording the X-rays passed through the bone as signals in a detector of the mammography device;
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- analyzing the signals to determine a bone condition.
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A tangible, machine readable media comprising:
- code adapted to acquire a plurality of bone x-ray image data or datasets from a mammography device;
- and code adapted to translate the image data to form a bone condition profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.