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Method for assessing the condition of bone in-vivo

  • US 20060192965A1
  • Filed: 01/18/2006
  • Published: 08/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for assessing bone tissue comprising:

  • exposing a sample to nonionizing radiation;

    detecting nonionizing radiation after transit in the bone tissue;

    measuring optical properties from the detected nonionizing radiation to characterize bone tissue across an entire selected spectral range using a continuous wave model, a frequency domain model or a combination of both wave model and frequency domain models; and

    determining composition, structure, physiology or a combination thereof of bone tissue from the measured optical properties.

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