A gamma-ray computed tomography scanner for the quantitative measurement of bone density.
A special purpose gamma-ray computed tomography scanner has been developed for the precise measurement of bone density in the distal forearm. Details of the scanner hardware and computer analysis technique are given. Suitable phantoms have been used to test the operation of the scanner, which has been used to measure trabecular and cortical bone density with a precision better than 1%.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003720:Densitometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*