Patent ID: 11911175

Abstract:
An apparatus (100) for assessing condition of the bone tissue of a patient's bone region (21), comprising an ultrasound device (11) that has a probe for transmitting/receiving ultrasounds along a plurality of ultrasound propagation lines (15 i) and for receiving in response from the bone region (21) a plurality of raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a computer configured generating and displaying a sonographic image and for extracting at least one frequency spectrum (43i,44i,47,48) starting from at least one part of the said plurality of raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38) coming from corresponding points (34) of the bone region (21), each having a plurality of harmonic components wherein to each frequency (v) of the frequency range an intensity is associated (A) of a portion of one of the raw reflected ultrasound signals.