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Title: Is diagnostic ultrasound safe? Current international consensus on the thermal mechanism.
Author: Barnett SB; Kossoff G; Edwards MJ
Address: Ultrasonics Laboratory, CSIRO, Chatswood, NSW.
Source: Med J Aust, 1994 Jan 3, 160:1, 33-7
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe the potential risk of heating during ultrasound examinations and to report the international consensus on the safety of ultrasound in medicine. DATA SOURCES AND DATA EXTRACTION: Literature on the biological effects of hyperthermia and ultrasound. CONCLUSION: The use of B-mode grey-scale imaging is not contra-indicated on thermal grounds. Some pulsed Doppler equipment has the potential to produce biologically significant temperature increases, specifically at interfaces between bone and soft tissue. Exposures resulting in temperatures less than 38.5 degrees C can be used without reservation.
Language of Publication: English
Unique Identifier: 94097252

MeSH Heading (Major): Ultrasonography|*/AE/MT/ST
MeSH Heading: Female; Heat; Human; Pregnancy; Safety; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Ultrasonography, Prenatal