Objective Portable ultrasonic bone densitometer, using backscatter technology, was designed to provide a solution to realize the portable and the low cost for the bone densitometer. Methods The system, using field programmable gate array (FPGA) as control IC to make the system work well, worked with high-speed analog to digital converter (ADC) and high-speed USB to implement high-voltage control module, gain control module, data acquisition and data transmission. Finally, measurements for noise, backscatter signals, and bone density with cancellous bones were performed. Results The size of the whole system was 15 cm×10 cm×3 cm, the speed of data transmission was up to 60 MB/s, the noise was low. Conclusions A kind of portable ultrasound bone densitometer with a USB port was designed. When supplied by USB port, the system could acquire the backscatter signal effectively.
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