Guidance on Reporting Ultrasound Exposure Conditions for Bio-Effects Studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-183

  Ter Haar, Gail ^a   Shaw, Adam ^a   Pye, Stephen ^a   Ward, Barry ^a   Bottomley, Fiona ^a   Nolan, Rachel ^a   Coady, Anne Marie ^a  

^a Safety Committee of the British Medical Ultrasound Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio effects; Calibration; Diagnostic ultrasound; Exposimetry; Exposure; Mechanical index; Therapeutic ultrasound; Thermal index

Indexed keywords

BIO-EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; EXPOSIMETRY; EXPOSURE; MECHANICAL INDEXES; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; THERMAL INDEX;

CALIBRATION;

ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOUND INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78751617410     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.10.021     Document Type: Review

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