METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR OSTEOMETRY AND OSTEOLOGICAL EVALUATION SYSTEM

摘要

This invention relates to an apparatus for osteometry, wherein digital data concerning an image (22a) of the inspected bone, obtained by automatically reading with a detecting device (42) the quantity of light transmitted after the light from a light generating device (41) strikes on the image (22a), which has been X-ray photographed on an X-ray film (22) together with a specified standard block (11), or digital data concerning radiogram of the inspected bone obtained from a transmitted radiant ray image generating device (90) are stored in memory means (56) such as an image memory, a microprocessor (60) is provided with an osteometric calculation data processing unit (32) having a ROM (61) and RAM (62) for obtaining results of osteometry while performing a specified osteometric calculation on the basis of data stored as above, and the osteometric calculation data processing unit (32) is provided with output means (25) to output results of the calculation, input means such as a keyboard (26) to input reference points and marks for designating as part to be measured, and point input means (24); and further relates to an osteological evalutation system provided with an osteological evaluation device (351) connected to the above-said osteometry apparatus (20) with communicating means (350) so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving signals for osteological evaluation.