A new photon scattering method for bone mineral density measurements.
A new technique for the determination of bone mineral density, based on the detection of both coherently and Compton scattered photons in a narrow beam geometry, is described. Initial results show that this method delivers an accuracy of less than 2% when varying quantities of materials surround the measuring site.
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D003720:Densitometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D012542:Scattering, Radiation