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Ultrasonic pulse‐echo determination of thermal injury in deep dermal burns
Author(s) -
Goans Ronald E.,
Cantrell John H.,
Meyers F. Bradford
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594376
Subject(s) - echo (communications protocol) , ultrasonic sensor , pulse (music) , burn injury , thermal burn , medicine , biomedical engineering , medical emergency , acoustics , surgery , radiology , computer science , optics , physics , computer security , detector
Burns of all kinds represent a serious class of traumatic injury, affecting over two million people annually in the United States alone. Of this number, over 70 000 are serious enough to require extended hospitalization. Currently, there is no sensitive, quantitative technique for measuring the depth of thermal damage in such injuries. An ultrasonic pulse‐echo technique is described here whereby such information can be obtained within a few minutes postburn. Results from model porcine experiments are given to illustrate the usefulness of the method, and implications for the clinical care of human burn victims are discussed.