The Risk of Exposure to Diagnostic Ultrasound in Postnatal Subjects Thermal Effects

• Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 517 - 535
• Main Authors: O'Brien, William D., Deng, Cheri X., Harris, Gerald R., Herman, Bruce A., Merritt, Christopher R., Sanghvi, Naren, Zachary, James F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Body Temperature; Hot Temperature - adverse effects; Humans; Safety; Time Factors; Ultrasonography - adverse effects; Ultrasonography - standards

This review evaluates the thermal mechanism for ultrasound-induced biological effects in postnatal subjects. The focus is the evaluation of damage versus temperature increase. A view of ultrasound-induced temperature increase is presented, based on thermodynamic Arrhenius analyses. The hyperthermia...