发明授权
- 专利标题: Estimating visceral fat by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
- 专利标题(中): 通过双能X线吸收测定法估算内脏脂肪
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申请号: US12730051申请日: 2010-03-23
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公开(公告)号: US09179873B2公开(公告)日: 2015-11-10
- 发明人: Thomas Kelly , Kevin E. Wilson , Christopher Ruth
- 申请人: Thomas Kelly , Kevin E. Wilson , Christopher Ruth
- 申请人地址: US MA Bedford
- 专利权人: Hologic, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Hologic, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US MA Bedford
- 代理机构: Cooper & Dunham, LLP
- 主分类号: A61B5/05
- IPC分类号: A61B5/05 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B6/00
摘要:
A system and a method of using dual-energy absoptiometry to estimate visceral fat metrics and display results, preferably as related to normative data. The process involves deriving x-ray measurements for respective pixel positions related to a two-dimensional projection image of a body slice containing visceral fat as well as subcutaneous fat; at least some of the measurements being dual-energy x-ray measurements, processing the measurements to derive estimates of metrics related to the visceral fat in the slice; and using the resulting estimates.