Spinal analysis system
First Claim
1. A computerized method for analyzing spinal characteristics of a patient believed to have one or more spinal abnormalities comprising the steps of:
- creating a first data set by determining vertebral body rotations for a plurality of spinal vertebrae of the patient from anterior/posterior spinal x-rays of said patient, digitizing said first data set and inputting said digitized first data set into a data processing computer;
creating a second data set by determining vertebral body rotations for a plurality of spinal vertebrae of a normal person having no spinal abnormalities from anterior/posterior spinal x-rays of said patient, digitizing said second data set and inputting said digitized second data set into a data processing computer;
displaying the digitized vertebral body rotations of the patient in a graphical manner;
displaying the digitized vertebral body rotations of the normal person in a graphical manner;
comparing the digitized vertebral body rotations of the patient with the digitized vertebral body rotations of the normal person by processing the two sets of digitized data, determining the locations of spinal abnormalities of the patient; and
providing readable output from said data processing computer regarding said locations of said spinal abnormalities.
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Abstract
A method for analyzing spinal characteristics of a patient believed to have one or more spinal abnormalities in which vertebral body rotations of the patient are determined for a plurality of spinal vertebrae and are graphically displayed along with vertebral body rotations of a normal person having no spinal abnormalities so that such displays can be readily compared to determine the locations of a patient'"'"'s spinal abnormalities. Similar graphical displays of the differences in the relative rotational relationship of each vertebra and its superior neighboring vertebra can be provided for a patient and compared with graphical displays thereof for a normal person to identify locations of abrupt positional alignment changes representing spinal abnormalities Of the patient. Spinal stress unit values based on such vertebral rotations and rotational differences information, as well as on other selected parameters, can be determined for a patient with respect to successive treatments in order to provide a measurement of the progress of such treatments over time.
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28 Claims
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1. A computerized method for analyzing spinal characteristics of a patient believed to have one or more spinal abnormalities comprising the steps of:
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creating a first data set by determining vertebral body rotations for a plurality of spinal vertebrae of the patient from anterior/posterior spinal x-rays of said patient, digitizing said first data set and inputting said digitized first data set into a data processing computer; creating a second data set by determining vertebral body rotations for a plurality of spinal vertebrae of a normal person having no spinal abnormalities from anterior/posterior spinal x-rays of said patient, digitizing said second data set and inputting said digitized second data set into a data processing computer; displaying the digitized vertebral body rotations of the patient in a graphical manner; displaying the digitized vertebral body rotations of the normal person in a graphical manner; comparing the digitized vertebral body rotations of the patient with the digitized vertebral body rotations of the normal person by processing the two sets of digitized data, determining the locations of spinal abnormalities of the patient; and providing readable output from said data processing computer regarding said locations of said spinal abnormalities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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