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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Fei Zuo, Eindhoven, NL;
Erik Godefridus Antonius Harks, Eindhoven, NL;
Steven Antonie Willem Fokkenrood, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Yingrong Xie, Eindhoven, NL;
Szabolcs Deladi, Veldhoven, NL;
Fei Zuo, Eindhoven, NL;
Erik Godefridus Antonius Harks, Eindhoven, NL;
Steven Antonie Willem Fokkenrood, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Yingrong Xie, Eindhoven, NL;
Szabolcs Deladi, Veldhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for being used for detecting a property of an object. An ultrasound signal providing unit () provides an ultrasound signal, which is indicative of a property of the object () at one or several depths within the object () and which depends on time, and a periodicity value determination unit () determines a periodicity value being indicative of a degree of temporal periodicity of the ultrasound signal for a constant depth. The temporal periodicity of the ultrasound signal at the respective constant depth, i.e. the periodicity value, depends on the property of the object at this depth and can therefore be used for detecting a property of the object.