Examination of the ultrasonic waveform for evaluating the state of a bone using mapped values ​​of a given region.

摘要

It ARISES apparatus and methods to determine a vertebrate subject Porosity and NO CONNECTION OF A BONE. A preferred embodiment has a transceiver ACOUSTIC (211) with a pair of transducers ACUSTICOS (12, 13) disposed in spaced relation DADA relative to each other, so THAT TRANSMIT AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL EACH OTHER THROUGH THE BONE. The transmission path through bone corresponding to the acoustic signal analyzed by the system can be changed, BEING DERIVATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF VALUES TRANSMISSION ACOUSTICS THROUGH DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE BONE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF A MEMORY (23, 213). SUPPLIED A position processor (24) to select a target position based at least in part to the values ​​stored in the memory (213) to define a region of interest with respect to which FINDS A measurement of porosity BONE.