Rapid and accurate detection of bone quality using ultrasound critical angle reflectometry
US7611465B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/485
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus, method and system for determining the coefficient of elasticity of a target by detecting determining simultaneously two or more critical-angle reflections of an ultrasound wave from the target using an ultrasound transducer that includes a transmitter and two or more receivers and calculating the elasticity coefficients of the target.
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