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 Safety of Ultrasound |
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Safety issues relating to the
medical use of ultrasound are overseen by the Safety Group of the BMUS
Scientific and Education committee.
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Other links to organisations
which deal with safe use of medical ultrasound, and research into interaction
with tissue and potential bioeffects...
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• ECMUS (European
Safety Committee of EFSUMB)
• AIUM (American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) statements
• National Physical
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group was set up in 1998 to advise the membership on safety issues in
ultrasound and to make recommendations to them. The group consists of, at most,
6 members, of whom one must be a medical practitioner, one a sonographer and
one a scientist. The Safety group's remit is to provide informed advice to the
President and Council of BMUS on matters of ultrasound safety, to inform the
BMUS membership about safety issues, and to be a focus for action in the UK in
matters of ultrasound safety. The safety group regularly publishes a statement
on the "Safe use, and potential hazards of diagnostic ultrasound",
and has produced two guidelines one on "Safety for trainees using live
subjects", and a second for the "Safe use of diagnostic
equipment". This second Guideline document includes guidance on the use of
the safety indices (thermal index and mechanical index) that are displayed on
modern imaging equipment, and contains a rationale for the recommendations
made. These documents are available on the website. Gail ter Haar: Chairman , BMUS Safety Group. April
2009
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REFERENCE
WORKS
The following bibliography, in chronological order, contains several
books and other documents which are key references to the safe use of
ultrasound in medicine. Some of the older books are now out of print.
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- Willams, AR, 1983. Ultrasound: Biological Effects and
Potential Hazards, Medical Physics Series, Academic
- NCRP, 1983. Biological Effects of Ultrasound:
Mechanisms and Clinical Implications, NCRP Report No.74, National
Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 7910 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda,
MD 20814, USA.
- Nyborg WL and Ziskin MC (eds), 1985. Biological
effects of ultrasound, Clinics in Diagnostic Ultrasound 16, Churchill
Livingstone.
- Wells PNT, 1987, The Safety of Diagnostic
Ultrasound, British Journal of Radiology, Supplement No. 20. British
Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London, W1N 4AT.
- AIUM, 1988. Bioeffects Considerations for the Safety
of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 7/9
Supplement. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA..
- Preston RC (ed), 1991, Output Measurements for
Medical Ultrasound, Springer-Verlag
- Docker MF and Duck FA (eds), 1991. The Safe Use of
Diagnostic Ultrasound, British Medical Ultrasound Society/ British
Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London, W1N 4AT.
- NCRP, 1992. Exposure Criteria for Medical Diagnostic
Ultrasound: I. Criteria Based on Thermal Mechanisms, NCRP Report No.
113, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 7910 Woodmont
Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
- Barnett SB and Kossoff G (eds), 1992. WFUMB Symposium
on Safety and Standardisation in Medical Ultrasound, Ultrasound in
Medicine & Biology, 18/9.
- Ziskin MC and Lewin PA (eds), 1993. Ultrasonic
Exposimetry, CRC Press.
- Barnett SB and Kossoff G (eds), 1998. Safety of
Diagnostic Ultrasound, Progress in Obstetric and Gynecological
Sonography Series, Parthenon.
- Barnett SB (ed), 1998. WFUMB Symposium on Safety of
Ultrasound in Medicine. Conclusions and Recommendations on Thermal and
Mechanical Mechanisms for Biological Effects of Ultrasound, Ultrasound
in Medicine & Biology, 24, Supplement 1.
- AIUM, 2000. Mechanical Bioeffects from Diagnostic
Ultrasound: AIUM Consensus Statements, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
19/2. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Ter Haar G and Duck FA, 2000. The Safe Use of
Ultrasound in Medical Diagnosis, British Medical Ultrasound Society/
British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London, W1N 4AT.
The Safe Use of Ultrasound in Medical Diagnosis
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