Patent ID: 11911175
Assignee: ECHOLIGHT S.P.A.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1, wherein said computer (24) is configured to automatically determining a border line (39) between portion (40) and portion (41) of sonographic image (29), corresponding to cortical part (40′) and to trabecular part (41′), respectively, of bone region (21) and wherein said cortical part (40′) provides reflected raw ultrasound signals (36) received by probe (11) after a delay time set between a time (ti) and a time (t2), said raw ultrasound signals (36) have intensities normally higher than raw ultrasound signals (38), coming from the trabecular region (41′), which are received by probe (11) after a delay time longer than time (t2).