公开(公告)号：EP1247072A1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-09

申请号：EP00980424.6

申请日：2000-11-16

申请人： HOLOGIC, INC.

发明人： STEIN, Jay, A. ,  STETTEN, Eric, Von ,  WEISS, Howard, P. ,  FALLON, John, P. ,  SMITH, Andrew, P. ,  WILSON, Kevin, E.

IPC分类号： G01B15/02

CPC分类号： A61B6/505 ,  A61B6/482 ,  G06F19/00

摘要： A DEXA bone densitometer produces estimates of future fracture risk from a current fracture data derived from a lateral image of a patient's thoracic and lumbar spine taken in a single scan, typically with the patient on her or his side, and from numerical bone mineral density measurements.