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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2002
Petro Moilanen, FI-40900 Säynátsalo, FI;
Patrick Nicholson, St Leonards On Sea, Sussex TN38 OHE, GB;
Shu Lin Cheng, FI-40630 Jyväskylä, FI;
Jussi Timonen, FI-40630 Jyväskylä, FI;
Petro Moilanen, FI-40900 Säynátsalo, FI;
Patrick Nicholson, St Leonards On Sea, Sussex TN38 OHE, GB;
Shu Lin Cheng, FI-40630 Jyväskylä, FI;
Jussi Timonen, FI-40630 Jyväskylä, FI;
Other;
Abstract
A method for the in vivo non-invasive characterization of the material and architectural properties of a bone in which an ultrasonic wave is introduced into a bone in such way as to produce one or more guided wave modes within the bone, and the signals emerging from the bone are stored and analyzed to determine the propagation characteristics of the guided wave/s. These measured guided wave propagation characteristics are then processed to obtain estimates of desired bone properties such as cortical thickness, bone density and bone elastic constants. The invention also includes an unltrasound arrangement with movable transducers.