Open AccessIn vitro characterisation of ultrasound-induced heating effects in the mother and fetus: A clinical perspective
Author(s) -
Stephanie F Smith,
Piero Miloro,
Richard G. Axell,
Gail ter Haar,
C. Lees
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1743-1344
pISSN - 1742-271X
DOI - 10.1177/1742271x20953197
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , imaging phantom , repeatability , biomedical engineering , transducer , nuclear medicine , fetus , temperature measurement , amniotic fluid , pregnancy , radiology , acoustics , chemistry , genetics , biology , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The quantification of heating effects during exposure to ultrasound is usually based on laboratory experiments in water and is assessed using extrapolated parameters such as the thermal index. In our study, we have measured the temperature increase directly in a simulator of the maternal-fetal environment, the 'ISUOG Phantom', using clinically relevant ultrasound scanners, transducers and exposure conditions.