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System and method for predicting future fractures

  • US 9,460,506 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2015
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for analyzing, in a computer system, bone condition in a target, comprising:

  • extracting electronic image data from an image of a bone of the target;

    defining a first region of interest (ROI) from the image data;

    defining a second region of interest (ROI) from the image data, wherein the first and second regions of interest (ROIs) overlap;

    analyzing information in the first and second ROIs to derive first and second values for at least one bone structure parameter from the image data of the target;

    creating a parameter map for the at least one bone structure parameter using the first and second values, andpredicting a fracture line of the bone with the parameter map.

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