This article reports underestimation of mechanical index (MI) and nonscanned thermal index
for bone near focus (TIB) due to hydrophone spatial averaging effects that occur during …

This article reports the experimental validation of a method for correcting underestimates of
peak compressional pressure (p_c), peak rarefactional pressure (p_r), and pulse intensity …

Medical ultrasonic arrays are typically characterized in controlled water baths using
measurements by a hydrophone, which can be translated with a positioning stage …

Note to Physicians and Sonographers on Potential Underestimation of Acoustic Safety
Indexes for Diagnostic Array Transducers Page 1 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON …

Objectives To investigate if the thermal index for bone (TIB) displayed on screen is an
adequate predictor for the derated spatial‐peak temporal‐average (ISPTA. 3) and spatial …

This article reports an investigation of an inverse-filter method to correct for experimental
underestimation of pressure due to spatial averaging across a hydrophone sensitive …

Knowing the low-frequency response of hydrophones, down to 100 kHz at least, is important
for accurate biomedical ultrasound measurements. However, current international standards …

High-intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) pressure is often measured using a
hydrophone. HITU pressure waves typically contain multiple harmonics due to nonlinear …

Hydrophones are pivotal measurement devices ensuring medical ultrasound acoustic
exposures comply with the relevant national and international safety criteria. These devices …

Ultrasonic attenuation may be measured accurately with clinical systems and array
transducers by using reference phantom methods (RPM) to account for diffraction and other …