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These days, ultrasound systems are used extensively in the hospitals for the diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Generally, the use of ultrasound dosage has ill-effects on the tissues and hence on the human health. Thus, basic research is required to be pursued to get standard data for identifying safety limits for ultrasonic intensity for a particular duration for a particular case. In the present study, different tissues, hard and soft, are studied for ultrasonic characteristics under different conditions. The effect of frequency and temperature is established for identifying safety limits. The abnormalities due to ultrasound effect on various tissues are discussed and protection measures are given. The ultrasonic data is standardized under normal and abnormal conditions for various conditions which becomes an index for the development of safety standards for better health care.
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Singh, V.R. (2007). Safety Standards for Medical Ultrasound Systems. In: Magjarevic, R., Nagel, J.H. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_697
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