(19)
(11) EP 1 011 423 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26

(21) Application number: 98907582.5

(22) Date of filing: 20.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61B 5/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9803/464
(87) International publication number:
WO 9836/683 (27.08.1998 Gazette 1998/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 25.02.1997 US 805787

(71) Applicant: Temple University of the CommonwealthSystem of Higher Education
PhiladelphiaPA 19122 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MILESTONE, Barton, N.
    Narbeth, PA 19072 (US)
  • WOLFSON, Marla, R.
    Philadelphia, PA 19118 (US)
  • SHAFFER, Thomas, H.
    Lansdowne, PA 19050 (US)
  • STERN, Robert, G.
    Tucson, AZ 85718 (US)
  • MILLER, Thomas, F.
    Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)

(74) Representative: W.P. THOMPSON & CO. 
Eastcheap HouseCentral Approach
Letchworth,Hertfordshire SG6 3DS
Letchworth,Hertfordshire SG6 3DS (GB)

   


(54) NON-INVASIVE RADIOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR ANALYZATION OF A BODY ELEMENT