Patent ID: 8340754
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method to determine a mal-hydration component, an adipose tissue component, and a lean tissue component of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining chemical or physical properties of the patient; wherein the chemical or physical properties of the patient are at least one of the whole body mass, the lipid mass and the total bone mineral content mass of the patient, and (b) deriving the mal-hydration component, the adipose tissue component and the lean tissue component on the basis of the determined chemical or physical properties and previously determined patient-independent values of a mass or volume fraction of water in lean tissue and a mass or volume fraction of water in adipose tissue, wherein the mal-hydration component, the adipose tissue component and the lean tissue component is the mass or volume of the patient.