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.

Abstract: An ultrasound device (1) for carrying out a breast diagnostic examination for breast cancer diagnosis, comprising two ultrasound probes, characterized in that each of said probes comprises: a first array of piezoelectric transducers with a first nominal frequency (f1), and a second array of piezoelectric transducers with a second nominal frequency (f2), the probes being arranged opposite to each other, being configured to rotate along a circular trajectory having for center the midpoint of the segment connecting them and to slide to each other along said straight line connecting them, coming in contact with the breast of the patient from diametrically opposite portions, in that the arrays comprise each a plurality of piezoelectric transducers, positioned so that acquisitions are carried out on a plane of acquisition orthogonal to the plane of the circular trajectory.

Abstract: An ultrasound device for carrying out a renal diagnostic examination for the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma, comprising at least an ultrasound probe and relative control means, acquiring and storing means of the ultrasonic signals reflected by the tissues, it is configured to carry out the following acquisition procedure: transmitting at least one broadband ultrasonic pulse beam towards the patient's kidney, receiving and storing the raw ultrasonic signals reflected by the renal tissue and processing said signals to obtain a renal ultrasound image, -while keeping the probe in the same position, transmitting a narrow band ultrasonic pulse beam towards the patient's kidney, receiving and storing the ultrasonic signals reflected by the renal tissue in response to the narrow band ultrasonic pulse beam sent at point 130), and characterized in that it is configured to carry out a calculation method of a diagnostic parameter.

Abstract: Ultrasound device configured to carry out a HIFU treatment and to detect in real time during the HIFU treatment the temperature distribution in the area of treatment, comprising: an ultrasound probe comprising at least an array of piezoelectric or CMUT transducers, —piloting means of said ultrasound probe, computing means configured to receive and store said raw ultrasound signals reflected by said tissues and acquired by each of said piezoelectric or CMUT transducers, to process said reflected raw ultrasound signals in order to generate an ultrasound image, as well as to carry out other processing on said raw ultrasound signals reflected by said tissues, characterized in that computer programs are loaded on said computing means, configured to carry out the method for determining the actual acoustic heating rate of tissues, comprising the following steps: a) identifying, inside an ultrasound image (14), a region of interest (15) inside which an area to be treated (16) is provided, b) assigning a starting temp

Abstract: An apparatus (100) for assessing the condition of the bone tissue in a patient's bone region (21), comprising an ultrasound device (11) that has a means for transmitting/receiving ultrasounds along a plurality of ultrasound propagation lines (15i) arranged for achieving the bone region (21), and for receiving in response from the bone region (21) a plurality of raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a means for generating an ultrasound signal, a sonographic image formation means for forming a sonographic image (29) of the bone region (21), starting from the raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a means for extracting at least one frequency spectrum (43i,44i,47,48) starting from at least one part of 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 sign

Abstract: An apparatus (100) for assessing the condition of the bone tissue in a patient's bone region (21). The apparatus includes an ultrasound device (11) that transmits/receives ultrasounds along a plurality of ultrasound propagation lines (15i) for the bone region (21), and for receiving in response from the bone region (21) a plurality of raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a device for generating an ultrasound signal, a sonographic image formation device for forming a sonographic image (29) of the bone region (21), starting from the raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a device for extracting at least one frequency spectrum (43.sub.i,44.sub.i,47,48) starting from at least one part of 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.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for measuring one or more labor progress parameters (25) as the dilation of the endocervical canal (8), the rotation and the position of the head (4) of the foetus (3) during the descent, the duration and the intensity of the uterine contractions, other morphological and physiological parameters, without introducing foreign objects into the body of a pregnant woman (2) and independently from the sensitivity of the operator. The apparatus (10) comprises automatic means for tracking, in a sequence of ultrasound images (11,12) that are obtained by an ultrasound probe (1), one or more regions of interest (ROI, 21), that may be both two-dimensional or three-dimensional and are centered about anatomic reference points (28) that define said parameters selected in a reference image by a displaying unit (14).

Abstract: An apparatus (100) for assessing the condition of the bone tissue in a patient's bone region (21), comprising an ultrasound device (11) that has a means for transmitting/receiving ultrasounds along a plurality of ultrasound propagation lines (151) arranged for achieving the bone region (21), and for receiving in response from the bone region (21) a plurality of raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a means for generating an ultrasound signal, a sonographic image formation means for forming a sonographic image (29) of the bone region (21), starting from the raw reflected ultrasound signals (36,38); a means for extracting at least one frequency spectrum (43i,44i,47,48) starting from at least one part of 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 whereinto each frequency (v) of the frequency range an intensity is associated (A) of a portion of one of the raw reflected ultrasound signa

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for measuring one or more labor progress parameters (25) as the dilation of the endocervical canal (8), the rotation and the position of the head (4) of the foetus (3) during the descent, the duration and the intensity of the uterine contractions, other morphological and physiological parameters, without introducing foreign objects into the body of a pregnant woman (2) and independently from the sensitivity of the operator. The apparatus (10) comprises automatic means for tracking, in a sequence of ultrasound images (11,12) that are obtained by an ultrasound probe (1), one or more regions of interest (ROI, 21), that may be both two-dimensional or three-dimensional and are centred about anatomic reference points (28) that define said parameters selected in a reference image by a displaying unit (14).