论文信息 - Note to Physicians and Sonographers on Potential Underestimation of Acoustic Safety Indexes for Diagnostic Array Transducers. - 字舞流文

Note to Physicians and Sonographers on Potential Underestimation of Acoustic Safety Indexes for Diagnostic Array Transducers.

Two scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration comment on limitations of acoustic safety indexes that can arise from spatial averaging effects of hydrophones that are used to measure acoustic output.

Shahram Vaezy | Keith A Wear

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[2] Aoife M. Ivory,et al. Hydrophone Spatial Averaging Correction for Acoustic Exposure Measurements From Arrays—Part II: Validation for ARFI and Pulsed Doppler Waveforms , 2020, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control.

[3] D. Dalecki,et al. Comparison of Thermal Safety Practice Guidelines for Diagnostic Ultrasound Exposures. , 2016, Ultrasound in medicine & biology.