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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jiangang Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Jingping Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An embodiment of this invention provides an ultrasound device that assesses a bone of a subject in at least two modes comprising a first mode and a second mode. The ultrasound device comprises: a selecting unit configured to select a mode from the at least two modes; a first ultrasound probe configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to the bone; a second ultrasound probe configured to receive the ultrasound signal from the bone; an assessing unit configured to derive a first parameter of the bone based on the selected mode and the ultrasound signal received by the second ultrasound probe; and a coupler being configured to be switched to a first configuration in the first mode and to a second configuration in the second mode. The ultrasound probes are oriented in substantially a same direction in the first configuration, and in substantially an opposite direction in the second configuration.