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发明申请
Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method 有权
标题翻译：超声骨评估装置及方法

公开(公告)号：US20050197576A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-08

申请号：US11063012

申请日：2005-02-22

申请人： Gangming Luo , Robert Siffert , William Johnson , Ronald Altman , Jonathan Kaufman

发明人： Gangming Luo , Robert Siffert , William Johnson , Ronald Altman , Jonathan Kaufman

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 , A61B8/08

CPC分类号： A61B8/0875

摘要： A method for the assessment of various properties of bone is provided. The method includes applying a pair of ultrasound transducers to skin on opposite sides of the bone and generating an ultrasound signal and directing the signal through both the bone to obtain a bone output signal. The method further includes establishing a set of parameters associated with the bone output signal and then further processing the parameters in order to obtain the desired bone property. Two novel parameters are also disclosed, namely the net time delay (NTD) and mean time duration (MTD) parameters. An apparatus for the assessment of various properties of bone is also provided. The apparatus includes a pair of ultrasound transducers which may be single-element transducers or array transducers in any combination. The apparatus further includes various computer hardware components and computer software for generating and directing the ultrasound signal, establishing the parameter set and performing the processing. In addition, an apparatus that is battery powered, handheld, and portable and operates in real time is also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于评估骨骼各种性质的方法。该方法包括将一对超声换能器应用于骨的相对侧上的皮肤并产生超声信号并将信号引导通过骨骼以获得骨输出信号。该方法还包括建立与骨输出信号相关联的一组参数，然后进一步处理参数以获得期望的骨性质。还公开了两个新颖的参数，即净时延（NTD）和平均持续时间（MTD）参数。还提供了用于评估骨的各种性质的装置。该装置包括一对超声换能器，其可以是任何组合的单元件换能器或阵列换能器。该装置还包括用于生成和指导超声信号的各种计算机硬件组件和计算机软件，建立参数组并执行处理。此外，还提供了电池供电，手持式和便携式并且实时操作的装置。