User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- S Series Ultrasound System User Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: System Setup
- Chapter 3: Imaging
- Chapter 4: Measurements
- Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Chapter 6: Safety
- Ergonomic safety
- Electrical safety classification
- Electrical safety
- Equipment safety
- Battery safety
- Clinical safety
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- ALARA principle
- Acoustic artifacts
- Guidelines for reducing MI and TI
- Output display
- Transducer surface temperature rise
- Acoustic output measurement
- Acoustic output tables
- Labeling symbols
- Chapter 7: Specifications
- Glossary
- Index
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•AcousticOutputMeasurementStandardforDiagnosticUltrasoundEquipment,NEMA
UD2‐2004.
•AcousticOutputMeasurementandLabelingStandardforDiagnosticUltrasound
Equipment,AmericanInstituteofUltrasoundinMedicine,1993.
• StandardforReal‐TimeDisplayofThermalandMechanicalAcousticOutputIndiceson
DiagnosticUltrasoundEquipment,NEMAUD3‐2004.
•Guidanceonthe interpretationof
TIandMItobeusedtoinformtheoperator,AnnexHH,
BSEN60601‐2‐37reprintedatP05699.
Transducer surface temperature rise
Table 6andTable 7listthemeasuredsurfacetemperaturerisefromambient*oftransducers
usedontheultrasoundsystem.ThetemperaturesweremeasuredinaccordancewithEN
60601‐2‐37section42wherecontrolsandsettingswerepositionedtogivemaximum
temperatures
Test1:Thetransducersurfacetemperaturetestontissuemimicking
material(TMM)isbased
onthefollowingstandard:42.3(a)1,TestMethodB(IEC60601‐2‐37,Amendment1).Thelimit
isa10°Crisefromambient,asmeasuredontheTMM.
Test2:Thetransducersurfacetemperaturetestinairisbasedonthefollowingstandard:
42.3(a)2(IEC60601‐
2‐37,Amendment1).Thelimitisa27°Crisefromambient.
Test3:ThetransducersurfacetemperaturetestonTMMisbasedonthefollowingstandard:
42.3(a)1,TestMethodB(IEC60601‐2‐37,Amendment1).Thelimitisa6°Crisefromambient,
asmeasuredontheTMM.
*The
ambienttemperatureshallbe23°C±3°C.
Table 6: Transducer Surface Temperature Rise EN 60601-2-37 (External Use)
Test C11x C60x HFL38x L25x L38x P21x
1 9.2°C 9.0°C 9.5°C 9.5°C 9.6°C 9.0°C
2 19.0°C 18.0°C 19.0°C 18.2°C 20.0°C 20.0°C
Table 7: Transducer Surface Temperature Rise IEC 60601-2-37 (Internal Use)
Tes t IC Tx
35.5°C
2 12.0°C