Medical Ultrasound Safety.

European Committee for Medical Ultrasound Safety (ECMUS).

Introduction These guidelines give an overview of regulations and procedures for cleaning and disinfecting ultrasound equipment with a specific focus on maintaining the optimal function and condition of transducers while reducing the risk of viral and/or bacterial contamination. In general, users should follow the cleaning and disinfection regulations from their hospital ́s hygiene department, b...

Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound

Medical ultrasound systems.

Medical ultrasound imaging has advanced dramatically since its introduction only a few decades ago. This paper provides a short historical background, and then briefly describes many of the system features and concepts required in a modern commercial ultrasound system. The topics addressed include array beam formation, steering and focusing; array and matrix transducers; echo image formation; t...

Medical imaging Ultrasound imaging systems

By transmitting acoustic energy into the body and receiving and processing the returning reflections, phased-array ultrasound systems can generate images of internal organs and structures, map blood flow and tissue motion, and provide highly accurate blood velocity information. Historically, the large number of high-performance phased-array transmitters and receivers required to implement these...

Medical imaging Ultrasound imaging systems

By transmitting acoustic energy into the body and receiving and processing the returning reflections, phased-array ultrasound systems can generate images of internal organs and structures, map blood flow and tissue motion, and provide highly accurate blood velocity information. Historically, the large number of high-performance phased-array transmitters and receivers required to implement these...