Mark Does,Robert Adam Horch,Jeffrey S. Nyman,Daniel Frank Gochberg
申请号：
US13151556
公开号：
US20120029340A1
申请日:
2011.06.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods for characterizing bone structures are provided for characterizing bone structures. In the system and method, one or more 1H NMR or MRI signals associated with a bone structure are obtained. Thereafter one or more signal parameters are computed from the obtained signals, where each of the signal parameters comprising at least one of a relaxation rate constant or a corresponding signal amplitude associated with a component of the obtained signals defined by a T2 value or a range of T2 values. Finally, the mechanical properties or fracture risk for the bone structure are determined based on the computed signal parameters and stored correlation data.
