A bone disease evaluating system comprising a radiation source for
emitting radiation toward an image subject including bones, a detector
for detecting a radiation phase contrast image showing the phase contrast
of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through
the bones, a joint recognizing section for recognizing a joint of the
bones from the phase contrast image, and a profile obtaining section for
obtaining a shape profile showing the change of shape of the joint from
the recognized joint and a frequency analyzing section for performing
frequency analysis of the obtained shape profile and an index calculating
section for calculating an index concerning a disease of the joint on the
basis of the result of the frequency analysis.