Patent Document ID: 8260018
Application ID: 13205223
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for predicting a fracture path in bone using a computer system comprising: (a) obtaining image data of the bone from a subject and entering the image data into a computer system; (b) defining two or more positions in the image data; (c) placing a region of interest (ROI) at each of the two or more positions; (d) analyzing electronically each of the ROIs to determine at least one value for at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of bone density, bone microarchitecture, bone macroanatomy, biomechanical parameters and combinations thereof; (e) assigning electronically at least one value from each ROI to its respective position, thereby creating a parameter map for each analyzed parameter; and (f) determining local minima or maxima in each parameter map.