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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

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1994

Superseded date

07-01-2010

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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
Pages
141
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
DIN EN 61102:1994-12 Identical
BS EN 61102:1994 Identical
NBN EN 61102 : 1994 Identical
NF EN 61102 : 94 AMD 1 94 Identical
UNE-EN 61102:1996 Identical

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