کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1761042 1019631 2011 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A Novel Method for More Accurately Mapping the Surface Temperature of Ultrasonic Transducers
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم آکوستیک و فرا صوت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A Novel Method for More Accurately Mapping the Surface Temperature of Ultrasonic Transducers
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper introduces a novel method for measuring the surface temperature of ultrasound transducer membranes and compares it with two standard measurement techniques. The surface temperature rise was measured as defined in the IEC Standard 60601-2-37. The measurement techniques were (i) thermocouple, (ii) thermal camera and (iii) novel infra-red (IR) “micro-sensor.” Peak transducer surface measurements taken with the thermocouple and thermal camera were −3.7 ± 0.7 (95% CI)°C and −4.3 ± 1.8 (95% CI)°C, respectively, within the limits of the IEC Standard. Measurements taken with the novel IR micro-sensor exceeded these limits by 3.3 ± 0.9 (95% CI)°C. The ambiguity between our novel method and the standard techniques could have direct patient safety implications because the IR micro-sensor measurements were beyond set limits. The spatial resolution of the measurement technique is not well defined in the IEC Standard and this has to be taken into consideration when selecting which measurement technique is used to determine the maximum surface temperature.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology - Volume 37, Issue 10, October 2011, Pages 1659-1666
نویسندگان
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