APPARATUS FOR BEING USED FOR DETECTING A PROPERTY OF AN OBJECT

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus for being used for detecting a property of an object. An ultrasound signal providing unit (2) provides an ultrasound signal, which is indicative of a property of the object (9) at oneor several depths within the object (9) and which depends on time, and a periodicity value determination unit (5) determines a periodicityvalue being indicative of a degree of temporal periodicityofthe ultrasound signal for a constant depth. The temporalperiodicityofthe ultrasound signalat 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.