I.S. EN 61102:1994
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MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERISATION OF ULTRASONIC FIELDS USING HYDROPHONES IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 0.5 MHZ TO 15 MHZ
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07-01-2010
I.S. EN 62127-3:2007
I.S. EN 62127-2:2007
I.S. EN 62127-1:2007
English
01-01-1994
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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 List of symbols
5 Measurement requirements
5.1 Requirements for hydrophones and amplifiers
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Sensitivity of a hydrophone
5.1.3 Directional response of a hydrophone
5.1.4 Effective radius of a hydrophone active element
5.1.5 Choice of the size of a hydrophone active element
5.1.6 Bandwidth
5.1.7 Linearity
5.1.8 Hydrophone signal amplifier
5.2 Requirements for positioning systems and water
baths
5.2.1 Positioning systems
5.2.2 Water bath
5.3 Requirements for measurement systems
5.4 Recommendations for ultrasonic equipment being
characterized
6 Specification of performance for hydrophones and
amplifiers
6.1 Sensitivity
6.2 Effective radius
6.3 Hydrophone linearity
6.4 Hydrophone amplifiers
7 Measurement procedures
7.1 Preparation and alignment
7.1.1 Preparation
7.1.2 Aligning a hydrophone
7.1.3 Aligning an ultrasonic transducer and hydrophone
8 Beam characterisation
8.1 Primary pressure parameters
8.1.1 Peak-positive and peak-negative acoustic pressure
8.1.2 Pulse acoustic pressure
8.1.3 Spatial-peak pulse acoustic pressure
8.1.4 Spatial-peak r.m.s. acoustic pressure
8.1.5 Beam-average pulse acoustic pressure
8.1.6 Beam-average r.m.s. acoustic pressure
8.1.7 Spatial-average pulse acoustic pressure
8.1.8 Spatial-average r.m.s. acoustic pressure
8.1.9 Nonlinear propagation parameter
8.2 Derived intensity parameters
8.3 Derived pulse-intensity integral parameters
9 Acoustic output specification and labelling
Annexes
A (informative)
A.1 Hydrophones
A.1.1 Electrical loading considerations
A.1.2 Hydrophone signal amplifier
A.1.3 Alignment of hydrophones
A.1.4 Types of hydrophone
A.1.4.1 Ceramic probe hydrophones
A.1.4.2 PVDF probe hydrophones
A.1.4.3 PVDF membrane hydrophones
A.1.4.4 Relative performance of different types
A.1.5 Typical specification data for hydrophones
B (informative)
B.1 Acoustic pressure and intensity
C (informative)
C.1 Transducer and hydrophone positioning systems
D (informative) Rationale
Annex ZA (normative) Other International Publications quoted in
this standard with the references of the
relevant European Publications
Bibliography
Figures
Defines the methods of use of calibrated piezoelectric hydrophones for the measurement in liquids of acoustic fields generated by ultrasonic medical equipment operating in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz.
DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
141
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PublisherName |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
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Status |
Superseded
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SupersededBy |
Standards | Relationship |
EN 61102:1993/A1:1994 | Identical |
SN EN 61102 : 1993 AMD 1 1994 | Identical |
DIN EN 61102:1994-12 | Identical |
BS EN 61102:1994 | Identical |
UNE-EN 61102:1996 | Identical |
NBN EN 61102 : 1994 | Identical |
NF EN 61102 : 94 AMD 1 94 | Identical |
IEC TR 60854:1986 | Methods of measuring the performance of ultrasonic pulse-echo diagnostic equipment |
IEC 60469-1:1987 | Pulse techniques and apparatus. Part 1: Pulse terms and definitions |
IEC 60050-801:1994 | International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics |
IEC 60866:1987 | Characteristics and calibration of hydrophones for operation in the frequency range 0.5 MHz to 15 MHz |
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