Development of bone mineral density and bone mineral content measurements system using a dual energy x-ray

Author

Promworn, Y. ; Pintavirooj, Chuchart

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2012

fDate

5-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presented a design of a bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) measurements system. The main components consist of an outer structure with lead sheet for x-ray protection, x-ray source controlled by microcontroller, CCD-type x-ray detector, detector controller, and computer program for devices control. The acquired x-ray image is sent to PC for image processing. The bone mineral density and bone mineral content measurement is based on dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The concept of dual energy x-ray is adopted to estimate the BMD on the finger bone. The preliminary results are fairly promising.

Keywords

X-ray absorption; X-ray apparatus; X-ray chemical analysis; X-ray detection; biomedical measurement; biomineralisation; bone; chemical variables measurement; density measurement; radiography; BMC measurement system; BMD measurement system; CCD type X-ray detector; X-ray protection; X-ray source; bone mineral content; bone mineral density; detector controller; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; image processing; lead sheet; Bones; Density measurement; Detectors; Energy measurement; Minerals; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; BMC; BMD; Dual energy x-ray;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 2012

Conference_Location

Ubon Ratchathani

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4890-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEiCon.2012.6465485

Filename

6465485