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Scientifically based safety criteria for ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Nyborg W L
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1992.11.8.425
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , medical physics , radiology , risk analysis (engineering) , intensive care medicine
One of the major contributions of E. L. Carstensen to medical ultrasonography lies in the research studies by him and his colleagues on biophysical mechanisms for biological effects. These studies have done much to provide a basis for predicting conditions under which ultrasound will affect living systems. The scientific information that now exists makes possible an improved approach to decisions on safety for diagnostic ultrasonography. In particular, estimates of the maximum temperature produced in a sonographic examination provide an index that can be used to ensure safety from thermal hazards.