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Assessing the condition of a joint and assessing cartilage loss

  • US 7,184,814 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2001
  • Issued: 02/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of assessing cartilage damage or disease in a point of a living subject, said joint comprising cartilage and bone on either side of the joint, which method comprises:

  • (a) obtaining a three-dimensional volumetric representation of cartilage of said joint in which said three-dimensional volumetric representation demonstrates volume or thickness or biochemical contents or relaxation time of both normal and damaged or diseased cartilage of said joint; and

    (b) electronically determining at least one margin between damaged or diseased cartilage and normal cartilage in three dimensions.

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