Tension measuring system for tendons in leg includes use of ultrasound signal whose parameters at reception indicate tension of transmission material

摘要

The procedure includes calculating the value of at least one parameter, such as transit time or average frequency, extracted from an ultrasound signal. The signal is transmitted from an ultrasound source to a receiver mounted at a fixed distance from the receiver, through a material such as the tendon of a horse's leg. The procedure for determining the state of tension of a material at a given instant includes calculating the value of at least one parameter extracted from an ultrasound signal. The signal is transmitted from an ultrasound source to a receiver mounted at a fixed distance from the receiver, through a material such as the tendon of a horse's leg. The parameter variation may be proportional or inversely proportional to the tension. The parameter measured may be one of the transit time of the signal through a predetermined distance; the amplitude of the signal at reception; the attenuation at the point of reception; the average frequency at reception or the maximum frequency of the ultrasound signal at reception.