The thermal index its strengths, weaknesses, and proposed improvements

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-734

  Bigelow, Timothy A ^a   Church, Charles C ^b   Sandstrom, Kurt ^c   Abbott, John G ^d   Ziskin, Marvin C ^e   Edmonds, Peter D ^f   Herman, Bruce ^g   Thomenius, Kai E ^h   Teo, Tat Jin ⁱ  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Medison Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ Boston Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Thermal index; Thermal index strengths; Thermal index weaknesses

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; STANDARDS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; EXPONENTIAL DEPENDENCE; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; THERMAL INDEX; THERMAL MECHANISMS; ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955547360     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.5.714     Document Type: Article

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