λ-Measure for Bone Density Connectivity

This note presents a new measure for bone mineral density analysis based on DEXA images. We are proposing an innovative procedure to calculate a scalar value that indicates the connectivity of bone mineral components. This method may provide a totally new measure for bone density study using DEXA scan images that can only calculate T and Z values and can only determine the quality of the bone in terms of the average intensity of bone density. The new measure proposed is called lambda-measure and it provides new research possibilities related to how well the bone components are connected. We can have lambda
_T
and lambda
_Z
corresponding to T and Z scores