Bone morphometric method using radiation patterns along measuring lines related to a bone axis and apparatus for carrying out the same

摘要

The present invention relates to a bone morphometric method using a radiograph capable of measuring a sample bone with enhanced accuracy, which comprises, inter alia, determining a bone axis by specifying two points on the head of the sample bone and two points on the shaft of the sample bone in a region of interest in the radiograph, and interconnecting the middle point on the line connecting the former two points and the middle point on the line connecting the latter two points. The present invention is also directed to a bone morphometric apparatus for carrying out the bone morphometric method.