Patent ID: 9642585
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,G16H

Claim:
1. A method comprising: moving a radiation source and a radiation detector along a first scan path substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of a patient, wherein the first scan path is a single path transversely across a first femur and a second femur of the patient; emitting a first beam of radiation from the radiation source during movement along the first scan path; detecting the first beam of radiation at the radiation detector during movement along the first scan path; processing the detected beam so as to form a first image of a first area of the patient along the scan path, wherein the first area includes both the first femur and the second femur; identifying a region in the first image; moving the radiation source and the radiation detector along a region scan path corresponding to the identified region; emitting a region beam of radiation from the radiation source during movement along the region scan path; and detecting the region beam of radiation at the radiation detector during movement along the region scan path.