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(Amendment)Ultrasonics - Field characterization - Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
Ultrasonics - Field characterization - Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
Ultraschall - Charakterisierung von Feldern - Prüfverfahren für die Ermittlung des thermischen und des mechanischen Indexes bezogen auf medizinische Ultraschalldiagnostikfelder
Ultrasons Caractérisation du champ Méthodes d'essai pour la détermination d'indices thermique et mécanique des champs d'ultrasons utilisés pour le diagnostic médical
Ultrazvok - Karakterizacija polj - Preskusne metode za ugotavljanje termičnih in mehanskih znakov glede medicinskih diagnostičnih ultrazvočnih polj - Dopolnilo A1
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62359:2011/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2018
ICS 17.140.50
English Version
Ultrasonics - Field characterization - Test methods for the
determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to
medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
(IEC 62359:2010/A1:2017)
Ultrasons - Caractérisation du champ - Méthodes d'essai Ultraschall - Charakterisierung von Feldern - Prüfverfahren
pour la détermination d'indices thermique et mécanique des für die Ermittlung des thermischen und des mechanischen
champs d'ultrasons utilisés pour le diagnostic médical Indexes bezogen auf medizinische
(IEC 62359:2010/A1:2017) Ultraschalldiagnostikfelder
(IEC 62359:2010/A1:2017)
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European foreword
The text of document 87/661/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62359:2010/A1:2017, prepared by IEC/TC
87 "Ultrasonics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
EN 62359:2011/A1:2018.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62359:2010/A1:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
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Replace the Annex ZA by the following:
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
P ublication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60601-2-37 2007 Medical electrical equipment -- Part 2-37: EN 60601-2-37 2008
Particular requirements for the basic safety
and essential performance of ultrasonic
medical diagnostic and monitoring
equipment
- - + A11 2011
+ A1 2015 + A1 2015
IEC 61157 2007 Standard means for the reporting of the EN 61157 2007
acoustic output of medical diagnostic
ultrasonic equipment
+ A1 2013 + A1 2013
IEC 61161 2013 Ultrasonics - Power measurement - EN 61161 2013
Radiation force balances and performance
requirements
IEC 61828 2001 Ultrasonics - Focusing transducers - EN 61828 2001
Definitions and measurement methods for
the transmitted fields
IEC 62127-1 2007 Ultrasonics - Hydrophones -- Part 1: EN 62127-1 2007
Measurement and characterization of
medical ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
+ A1 2013 + A1 2013
IEC 62127-2 2007 Ultrasonics - Hydrophones -- Part 2: EN 62127-2 2007
Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
IEC 62127-3 2007 Ultrasonics - Hydrophones -- Part 3: EN 62127-3 2007
Properties of hydrophones for ultrasonic
fields up to 40 MHz
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IEC 62359
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Edition 2.0 2017-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
AMENDMENT 1
Ultrasonics – Field characterization –
Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related
to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 87: Ultrasonics.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
87/661/FDIS 87/665/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.
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Introduction to Amendment
The second edition of IEC 62359 was published in 2010. Since then,
IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015 has been published and calls for provision of attenuated
spatial peak temporal average intensity, I , and attenuated spatial peak pulse
spta,a
average intensity, I , at specific spatial maximum points in the ultrasonic field on the
sppa,a
beam axis. No IEC standard describes the determination of these quantities at these specific
positions. IEC 62359 for determining the thermal indices currently uses similar values at other
positions, therefore, the determination of attenuated spatial peak temporal average
, and attenuated spatial peak pulse average intensity, I , has been
intensity, I
spta,a sppa,a
added as an annex in this amendment.
Additionally, references to newly published collateral standards have been updated.
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2 Normative references
Replace the first reference by the following:
IEC 60601-2-37:2007, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-37: Particular requirements for
the basic safety and essential performance of ultrasonic medical diagnostic and monitoring
equipment
IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015
Replace the second reference by the following:
IEC 61157:2007, Standard means for the reporting of the acoustic output of medical
diagnostic ultrasonic equipment
IEC 61157:2007/AMD1:2013
Replace, in the third reference, "IEC 61161:2006" by "IEC 61161:2013".
Replace the fifth reference by the following:
IEC 62127-1:2007, Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 1: Measurement and characterization of
medical ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
IEC 62127-1:2007/AMD1:2013
3 Terms and definitions
Replace the first existing paragraph by the following new paragraph:
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60601-2-37,
IEC 62127-1, IEC 62127-2, IEC 62127-3, IEC 61157 and IEC 61161 apply. Several of these
are repeated below for convenience and others are listed because they have been modified
for application to this standard.
3.3
acoustic repetition period
Replace the existing definition by the following new definition:
time interval between corresponding points of consecutive cycles, pulses or scans, depending
on the current operating mode
Add the following new NOTES 2 and 3:
NOTE 2 For continuous wave modes, the acoustic repetition period is the time interval between corresponding
points of consecutive cycles
NOTE 3 For combined operating modes where transmit pulsing of the constituent modes may be interrupted,
the arp determination should take into account non-pulsing time to calculate an average period.
Replace "NOTE 2" by NOTE 4".
3.4
acoustic working frequency
Replace, in the existing definition, the words "at the position corresponding to the spatial-
peak temporal-peak acoustic pressure" by "on the beam axis, beyond the break-point
depth, corresponding to depth of maximum pulse-intensity integral z ."
pii
Replace, in existing NOTE 2, the words "at the position of maximum pulse-pressure-squared
integral" by "at the depth for peak pulse-intensity integral".
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3.7
attenuated peak-rarefactional acoustic pressure
Replace, in the existing definition, the words "at a specified distance from" by "on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from".
Replace, in the definition list after Equation (2), the words "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture to the point of interest" by "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture along the beam axis to the plane containing the point of interest".
3.8
attenuated pulse-intensity integral
Replace, in the definition, the words "at a specified distance from" by "on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from".
Replace, in the definition list after Equation (3), the words "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture to the point of interest" by "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture along the beam axis to the plane containing the point of interest".
Replace "NOTE" by "NOTE 1".
Add new NOTE 2:
NOTE 2 For measurement purposes of this standard, pii is equivalent to 1/(ρc) times the attenuated pulse-
α
pressure-squared integral at depth z, with ρc denoting the characteristic acoustic impedance of pure water.
3.9
attenuated spatial-average temporal-average intensity
Replace, in the definition, the words "at a specified distance from" by "on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from".
Replace, in the definition list after Equation (4), the words "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture to the point of interest" by "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture along the beam axis to the plane containing the point of interest".
3.10
attenuated spatial-peak temporal-average intensity
Replace, in the definition, the words "at a specified distance from" by "on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from".
Replace, in the definition list after Equation (5), the words "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture to the point of interest" by "z is the distance from the external
transducer aperture along the beam axis to the plane containing the point of interest".
3.11
attenuated temporal-average intensity
Replace, in the definition, the words "at a specified distance from" by "on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from".
Replace, in the definition list after Equation (6), the words "z is the distance from the external
is the distance from the external
transducer aperture to the point of interest" by "z
transducer aperture along the beam axis to the plane containing the point of interest".
3.13
beam-axis
Replace the term "beam-axis" by "beam axis".
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3.17
bone thermal index
Delete, in the definition, "or neonatal cephalic (through the fontanelle)".
3.19
break-point depth
Add, after the existing definition, the words "acoustic working frequency and intensity
parameters (such as attenuated spatial-peak temporal-average intensity)"
Add, after "where D is the equivalent aperture diameter" the words "for non-scanning
eq
modes".
Replace the existing NOTE 2 by the following new note:
NOTE 2 For scanning modes, use the non-scanning mode D value calculation [Equation (8)]. Do this using
eq
the output beam area of one ultrasonic scan line; the central scan line, corresponding to the beam axis (i.e. the
line where pii MI, and f are measured).
,
awf
3.21
cranial-bone thermal index
Replace the existing definition by the following new definition:
thermal index for applications in which the ultrasound beam passes through bone near the
beam entrance into the body, such as paediatric and adult cranial or neonatal cephalic
applications
3.22
default setting
Replace, in the definition, "ultrasonic diagnostic equipment" by "medical diagnostic
ultrasonic equipment".
3.23
depth for mechanical index
Replace, in the definition, the words "to the plane of maximum attenuated pulse-intensity
integral (pii )" by "to the plane of maximum attenuated pulse-pressure-squared-integral
a
(ppsi )".
a
Add new NOTE 1:
NOTE 1 Because z may occur closer to the transducer than the break-point depth z , use of ppsi rather than
MI bp α
pii is technically more appropriate. If z is larger than z , then z and z are equal.
α ppsi,α bp ppsi,α pii,α
Replace "NOTE" by "NOTE 2".
3.24
depth for peak pulse-intensity integral
Replace the existing term, definition and note by the following new term, definition and notes:
3.24
depth for maximum pulse intensity integral
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z from the external
bp
transduscer aperture to the plane of maximum pulse-intensity integral (pii) as
approximated by the pulse-pressure-squared integral (ppsi)
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum pii is expressed in metres (m).
NOTE 2 Depth for maximum pii is termed "depth for peak pulse-intensity integral" in
IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
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NOTE 3 At this depth the acoustic working frequency is determined.
3.27
Discrete-perating mode
Replace the term "Discrete-perating mode" by "discrete-operating mode".
Replace, in the definition, "ultrasonic diagnostic equipment" by "medical diagnostic
ultrasonic equipment".
3.28
equivalent aperture diameter
Replace the existing definition and equation by the following new definition and equation:
diameter of a circle the area A of which is the –12 dB output beam area A for non-
ob
scanning modes and the –12 dB scanned aperture area A for scanning modes, given by
sa
4
D = A
(8)
eq
π
Replace the existing NOTE 1 by the following new note:
NOTE 1 Equation (8) is used in the calculation of the cranial-bone thermal index; for non-scanning modes with
A = A and for scanning modes with A = A .
ob sa
Add new NOTE 2:
NOTE 2 Equation (8) with A = A is also used in calculating the break-point depth.
ob
Replace "NOTE 2" by "NOTE 3".
3.33
medical diagnostic ultrasonic equipment
Replace "NOTE" by "NOTE 1".
Add new NOTE 2:
NOTE 2 IEC 60601-2-37:2007 uses the term "ultrasonic diagnostic equipment" instead of medical diagnostic
ultrasonic equipment.
3.34
non-scanning mode
Replace, in the definition, the words "ultrasonic diagnostic equipment" by "medical
diagnostic ultrasonic equipment".
3.37
output power
Replace, in the source, "IEC 61161:2006" by "IEC 61161:2013".
3.40
prudent-use statements
Replace the existing definition by the following new definition:
affirmations of the principle that only necessary clinical information should be acquired and
that high exposure levels and long exposure times should be avoided
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3.44
pulse repetition period
Add new NOTE 1:
NOTE 1 In general, for non-scanning modes the pulse repetition period needs to be adjusted to represent a
‘per-second’ average taking into account interruptions-in, or non-constant, pulsing; e.g. such as may occur in
combined operating modes.
Replace "NOTE" by "NOTE 2".
3.49
scanning mode
Replace, in the definition, the words "an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment" by "a medical
diagnostic ultrasonic equipment".
3.54
spatial-peak temporal-average intensity
Replace the existing NOTE 1 by the following new note:
NOTE 1 For systems in combined-operating modes, the averaging time period needs to be sufficient to include
periods in which scanning or pulsing is interrupted.
3.56
thermal index
Replace, in the definition, the two occurrences of the words " attenuated acoustic power" by
"attenuated output power"
Add the following new definitions:
3.61
instantaneous acoustic pressure
p(t)
pressure minus the ambient pressure at a particular instant in time and at a particular point in
an acoustic field
NOTE Instantaneous acoustic pressure is expressed in pascals (Pa).
[SOURCE: IEC 62127-1:2007, 3.33, modified – The reference to IEV 801-01-19 has been
removed in the definition]
3.62
attenuated instantaneous acoustic pressure
(z,t)
p
α
value of the instantaneous acoustic pressure at time t after attenuation on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from the source, and given by
(−a z f 20 dB)
awf
p (z,t)= p(z,t)10 (26)
a
where
a is the acoustic attenuation coefficient;
z is the distance from the source to the point (plane) of interest;
f is the acoustic working frequency;
awf
p(z,t) is the instantaneous acoustic pressure
NOTE Attenuated instantaneous acoustic pressure is expressed in pascals (Pa).
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3.63
attenuated pulse-pressure-squared integral
ppsi (z)
α
time integral of the square of the attenuated instantaneous acoustic pressure, integrated
over the acoustic pulse waveform, on a plane perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified
distance z in an acoustic field
2
2 (−a z f 20 dB) (−a z f 10 dB)
awf awf
ppsi (z)= p (z,t)dt= [p(z,t)10 ] dt= ppsi(z)×10
a a (27)
∫ ∫
where
p(z,t) is the instantaneous acoustic pressure at depth z.
a is the acoustic attenuation coefficient;
z is the distance from the source to the point (plane) of interest;
f is the acoustic working frequency;
awf
ppsi is the pulse-pressure-squared integral
2
NOTE 1 Attenuated pulse-pressure-squared integral is expressed in pascal squared seconds (Pa s).
NOTE 2 See definition 3.43 for the non-attenuated version; with the addition here of the perpendicular plane at
depth z.
3.64
attenuated scan intensity integral
sii (z)
α
sum of the attenuated pulse intensity integrals in one scan (one frame of ultrasonic scan
lines) at depth z
–2
NOTE 1 Attenuated scan intensity integral is expressed in joules per square metre (Jm ).
NOTE 2 For measurement purposes of this standard, sii (z) is equivalent to 1/(ρc) times the sum of attenuated
α
pulse-pressure-squared integrals at depth z, for z ≥ z , with ρc denoting the characteristic acoustic impedance of
bp
pure water.
NOTE 3 See definition 3.79 for the non-attenuated version.
3.65
attenuated spatial-peak pulse-average intensity
I (z)
sppa,α
maximum value of the spatial-peak pulse-average intensity after attenuation, on a plane
perpendicular to the beam axis at a specified distance z from the source, and given by
1
I (z)= pii (z)
sppa,a a (28)
t (z)
d
where
t (z) is the pulse duration at the same depth z;
d
pii (z) is the attenuated pulse-intensity integral at depth z
α
–2
NOTE 1 Attenuated spatial-peak pulse-average intensity is expressed in watts per square metre (Wm ).
NOTE 2 For measurement purposes of this standard, pii (z) is equivalent to 1/(ρc) times the attenuated pulse-
α
pressure-squared integrals at depth z, ppsi (z), for z ≥ z , with ρc denoting the characteristic acoustic impedance
α bp
of pure water.
NOTE 3 See definition 3.81 for the non-attenuated version.
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3.66
attenuated sum of pulse-pressure-squared integrals
s ppsi (z)
α
attenuated value of the sum of pulse-pressure-squared integrals in one scan (one frame of
ultrasonic scan lines) at depth z
2
NOTE 1 Attenuated sum of pulse-pressure-squared integrals is expressed in pascal squared seconds (Pa s).
NOTE 2 The attenuated sum of pulse-pressure-squared integrals at depth z will be equal to the sum of
attenuated pulse-pressure-squared integrals if each ultrasonic scan line in the frame which is included in the
sum has the same acoustic working frequency.
NOTE 3 See F.3.1.4.2 for additional explanation.
NOTE 4 See definition 3.83 for the non-attenuated version.
3.67
depth for maximum I
sppa
z
sppa,max
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum spatial-peak
bp
pulse-average intensity
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum I is expressed in metres (m).
sppa
NOTE 2 This depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii.
3.68
depth for maximum I
sppa,α
z
sppa,α,max
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum attenuated
bp
spatial-peak pulse-average intensity
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum I is expressed in metres (m).
sppa,α
NOTE 2 This depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii .
α
3.69
depth for maximum I
spta
z
spta,max
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum spatial-peak
bp
temporal-average intensity
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum I is expressed in metres (m).
spta
NOTE 2 For non-scanning modes, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii. For scanning modes,
it is equivalent to the depth for maximum sii.
3.70
depth for maximum I
spta,α
z
spta,α,max
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum attenuated
bp
spatial-peak temporal-average intensity
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum I is expressed in metres (m).
spta,α
NOTE 2 For non-scanning modes, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii . For scanning modes,
α
it is equivalent to the depth for maximum sii .
α
3.71
depth for maximum pii
α
z
pii,α
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum attenuated
bp
pulse-intensity integral
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NOTE 1 Depth for maximum pii is expressed in metres (m).
α
NOTE 2 This depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum ppsi , z , when z occurs beyond the break-
α ppsi,α ppsi,α
point depth (see 3.73).
NOTE 3 Depth for maximum pii is termed "depth for peak attenuated pulse-intensity integral" in
α
IEC 60601-2-37:2007+IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
3.72
depth for maximum ppsi
z
ppsi
depth z on the beam axis of maximum pulse-pressure-squared integral
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum ppsi is expressed in metres (m).
NOTE 2 When it occurs beyond the break-point depth, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii,
(see 3.24).
z
pii
3.73
depth for maximum ppsi
α
z
ppsi,α
depth z on the beam axis of maximum attenuated pulse-pressure-squared integral
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum ppsi is expressed in metres (m).
α
NOTE 2 When it occurs beyond the break-point depth, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum pii ,
α
z (i.e. depth for maximum attenuated pulse-intensity integral).
pii,α
NOTE 3 This depth is the depth for mechanical index, z (see 3.23).
MI
3.74
sii
depth for maximum
z
sii
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum scan-intensity
bp
integral
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum sii is expressed in metres (m).
NOTE 2 This depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum sppsi, z , when z occurs beyond the break-
sppsi sppsi
point depth (see 3.76).
NOTE 3 Depth for maximum sii is termed "depth for peak sum of pulse-intensity integrals" in
IEC 60601-2-37:2007+IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
3.75
depth for maximum sii
α
z
sii,α
depth z on the beam axis and beyond the break-point depth z of maximum attenuated
bp
scan-intensity integral
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum sii is expressed in metres (m).
α
NOTE 2 This depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum sppsi , z , when z occurs beyond the
α sppsi,α sppsi,α
break-point depth (see 3.77).
NOTE 3 Depth for maximum sii is termed "depth for peak sum of attenuated pulse-intensity integrals" in
α
IEC 60601-2-37:2007+IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
3.76
depth for maximum sppsi
z
sppsi
depth z on the beam axis of maximum sum of pulse-pressure-squared integrals
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum sppsi is expressed in metres (m).
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NOTE 2 When it occurs beyond the break-point depth, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum sii, z
sii
(see 3.74).
NOTE 3 Depth for maximum sppsi is termed "depth for peak sum of pulse-intensity integrals" in
IEC 60601-2-37:2007+IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
3.77
depth for maximum sppsi
α
z
sppsi,α
depth z on the beam axis of maximum sum of attenuated pulse-pressure-squared
integrals
NOTE 1 Depth for maximum sppsi is expressed in metres (m).
α
NOTE 2 When it occurs beyond the break-point depth, this depth is equivalent to the depth for maximum sii ,
α
z (see 3.75).
sii,α
NOTE 3 Depth for maximum sppsi is termed "depth for peak sum of attenuated pulse-intensity integrals" in
α
IEC 60601-2-37:2007+IEC 60601-2-37:2007/AMD1:2015.
3.78
pulse-average intensity
I
pa
quotient of the pulse-intensity integral to the pulse duration at a particular point in an
acoustic field
NOTE 1 This definition applies to pulses and bursts.
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NOTE 2 Pulse-average intensity is expressed in watts per square metre (Wm ).
[IEC 62127-1:2007+IEC 62127-1:2007/AMD1:2013, 3.47]
3.79
scan intensity integral
sii
sum of the pulse intensity integrals in one scan (one frame of ultrasonic scan lines) at
depth z in the acoustic field
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NOTE 1 Scan intensity integral is expressed in joules per square metre (Jm ).
NOTE 2 For measurement purposes of this standard, sii is equivalent to 1/(ρc) times the sum of pulse-pressure-
squared integral at depth z where ρc is the characteristic acoustic impedance of pure water.
3.80
scan repetition rate
srr
inverse of the scan repetition period (see 3.50)
NOTE Scan repetition rate is expressed in hertz (Hz).
3.81
spatial-peak pulse-average intensity
I (z)
sppa
maximum value of the pulse-average intensity on a plane perpendicular to the beam axis at
a specified distance z from the source, and given by
1
I (z)= pii(z)
sppa (29)
t (z)
d
where
t (z) is the pulse duration at the same depth z;
d
pii(z) is the pulse-intensity integral at depth z
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