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US 8,818,484 B2Granted
Methods of predicting musculoskeletal disease
AssigneeImaTx, Inc.
InventorsSiau-Way Liew, Daniel Steines, Philipp Lang
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Abstract
This invention is directed to methods of predicting bone or joint disease in a subject. The invention is also directed to methods of determining the effect of a candidate agent on any subject's risk of developing bone or joint disease.
Claims15
A method for assessing bone condition in a subject by obtaining information regarding one or more bone parameters from an image of the subject in a computer system, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining the image comprising image of a bone of the subject;
- (b) defining two or more regions of interest (ROIs) in the image;
- (c) analyzing a plurality of positions in the ROIs to determine one or more bone microarchitecture parameters and one or more bone macro-anatomy parameters;
- (d) combining the parameters into a numerical index;
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- (e) comparing the numerical index against a reference database.
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