| US 7,545,964 B2 | ||
| Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images | ||
| Philipp Lang, Lexington, Mass. (US); Siau-Way Liew, Pinole, Calif. (US); Rene Vargas-Voracek, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Daniel Steines, Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Imaging Therapeutics, Inc., Redwood City, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/942,528. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/228591, filed on Aug. 29, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0067798 A1, Jun. 06, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—128 | 35 Claims |
| 1. A method to derive quantitative information from an x-ray image in a network environment comprising:
providing a digitized x-ray image on a local computer, wherein the x-ray image includes an image of bone;
transmitting the x-ray image to a remote computer; and
analyzing the x-ray image at the remote computer, thereby deriving quantitative information on trabecular bone structure from
the x-ray image, wherein said information is selected from the group consisting of trabecular thickness and two-dimensional
or three-dimensional spaces between trabeculae.
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