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BRITISH STANDARD Ultrasonics — Hydrophones Part 1: Measurement and characterization of medical ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz ICS 17.140.50 BS EN 62127-1:2007 +A1:2013 BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 It is identical to IEC 62127-1:2007, incorporating amendment 1:2013 It supersedes BS EN 62127-1:2007, which will be withdrawn on 15 March 2016 The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags Tags indicating changes to IEC text carry the number of the IEC amendment For example, text altered by IEC amendment is indicated by !" The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee EPL/87, Ultrasonics A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 May 2008 © The British Standards Institution 2013 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2013 ISBN 978 580 71774 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Comments 31 August 2013 Implementation of IEC amendment 1:2013 with CENELEC endorsement A1:2013 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62127-1:2007+A1 NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2013 ICS 17.140.50 English version Ultrasonics Hydrophones Part 1: Measurement and characterization of medical ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz (IEC 62127-1:2007) Ultrasons Hydrophones Partie 1: Mesures et caractérisation des champs ultrasonores médicaux jusqu'à 40 Mhz (CEI 62127-1:2007) Ultraschall Hydrophone Teil 1: Messung und Charakterisierung von medizinischen Ultraschallfeldern bis zu 40 MHz (IEC 62127-1:2007) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-09-01 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels © 2007 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref No EN 62127-1:2007 E BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) –2– Foreword The text of document 87/352/CDV, future edition of IEC 62127-1, prepared by IEC TC 87, Ultrasonics, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 62127-1 on 2007-09-01 EN 62127-1, EN 62127-2 and EN 62127-3 are being published simultaneously Together these European Standards cancel and replace EN 61101:1993, EN 61102:1993 + A1:1994, EN 61220:1995 and EN 62092:2001 The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2008-06-01 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2010-09-01 Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 62127-1:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification Foreword to amendment A1 The text of document 87/518/FDIS, future amendment to edition of IEC 62127-1, prepared by IEC/TC 87 "Ultrasonics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 62127-1:2007/A1:2013 The following dates are fixed: • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2013-12-15 • latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2016-03-15 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 62127-1:2007/A1:2013 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification –3– BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Scope and object Normative references .7 Terms, definitions and symbols List of symbols .28 Measurement requirements 30 Requirements for hydrophones and amplifiers 30 5.1.1 Introduction .30 5.1.2 General .30 5.1.3 Sensitivity of a hydrophone 30 5.1.4 Directional response of a hydrophone 30 5.1.5 Effective hydrophone radius 31 5.1.6 Choice of the size of a hydrophone active element 31 5.1.7 Bandwidth 32 5.1.8 Linearity 32 5.1.9 Hydrophone signal amplifier 33 5.1.10 Hydrophone cable length and amplifiers 33 5.2 Requirements for positioning and water baths .33 5.2.1 General .33 5.2.2 Positioning systems 34 5.2.3 Water bath .35 5.3 Requirements for data acquisition and analysis systems 36 5.4 Recommendations for ultrasonic equipment being characterized 36 Measurement procedure 36 General 36 Preparation and alignment 37 6.2.1 Preparation 37 6.2.2 Aligning an ultrasonic transducer and a hydrophone 37 6.3 Measurement 37 6.4 Analysis 6.4.1 Corrections for restricted bandwidth and spatial resolution 37 6.4.2 Uncertainties 37 Beam characterization 38 General 38 Primary pressure parameters 39 7.2.1 General .39 7.2.2 Peak-compressional acoustic pressure and peak-rarefactional acoustic pressure 40 7.2.3 Spatial-peak rms acoustic pressure 40 7.2.4 Nonlinear propagation parameter .40 7.2.5 Intensity parameters using instantaneous acoustic pressure 41 7.2.6 Intensity parameters using pulse-pressure-squared integral 41 7.2.7 Derived ultrasonic power 43 Requirements for specific ultrasonic fields 44 5.1 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) –4– General 44 Diagnostic fields 44 8.2.1 Simplified procedures and guidelines 4 8.2.2 Pulsed wave diagnostic equipment 45 8.2.3 Continuous wave diagnostic equipment 45 8.3 Therapy fields 46 8.3.1 Physiotherapy equipment 46 8.3.2 Hyperthermia 46 8.4 Surgical fields 46 8.4.1 Lithotripters and pressure pulse sources for other therapeutic purposes 46 8.4.2 Low frequency surgical applications 47 8.5 Fields from other medical applications 47 Compliance statement 47 8.1 8.2 9.1 9.2 9.3 General 47 Maximum probable values 48 Sampling .48 Annex A (informative) General rationale 49 Annex B (informative) Hydrophones and positioning  Annex C (informative) Acoustic pressure and intensity 5 Annex D (informative) Voltage to pressure conversion 5 Annex E (informative) Correction for spatial averaging . Annex F (informative) Acoustic output parameters for multi-mode medical ultrasonic fields in the absence of scan-frame synchronization 6 Annex G (informative) Propagation medium and degassing  Annex H (informative) Specific ultrasonic fields  Annex I (informative) Assessment of uncertainty in the acoustic quantities obtained by hydrophone measurements 7 Annex J (informative) Transducer and hydrophone positioning systems 7 Annex K (informative) Beamwidth midpoint method  Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications 8 Bibliography  Figure – Schematic diagram of the different planes and lines in an ultrasonic field (see also IEC 61828) 10 Figure – Schematic diagram of the method of determining pulse duration 3 ! Figure – Several apertures and planes for a transducer of unknown geometry [ IEC 61828]  Figure – Parameters for describing an example of a focusing transducer of a known geometry [IEC 61828 modified ]  " Figure D.1 – A flow diagram of the hydrophone deconvolution process  Figure D.2 – Example of waveform deconvolution  Figure J.1 – Schematic diagram of the ultrasonic transducer and hydrophone degrees of freedom 7 –5– BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) Table – Acoustic parameters appropriate to various types of medical ultrasonic equipment 3 Table B.1 – Typical specification data for hydrophones, in this case given at MHz 5 Table C.1 – Properties of distilled or de-ionized water as a function of temperature 5 Table D.1 – Method of conversion from a double- to a single-sided spectrum . Table D.2 – Method of conversion from a single- to a double-sided spectrum . Table F.1 – Main parameters defined in IEC standards  Table F.2 – List of parameters that are to be used or are to be deleted . Table K.1 – dB beamwidth levels for determining midpoints  BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) –6– INTRODUCTION The main purpose of this part of IEC 62127 is to define various acoustic parameters that can be used to specify and characterize ultrasonic fields propagating in liquids, and, in particular, water, using hydrophones Measurement procedures are outlined that may be used to determine these parameters Specific device related measurement standards, for example IEC 61689, IEC 61157, IEC 61847 or IEC 62359, can refer to this standard for appropriate acoustic parameters ! The philosophy behind this standard is the specification of the acoustic field in terms of acoustic pressure parameters, acoustic pressure being the primary measurement quantity when hydrophones are used to characterize the field." Intensity parameters are specified in this standard, but these are regarded as derived quantities that are meaningful only under certain assumptions related to the ultrasonic field being measured –7– BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) ULTRASONICS – HYDROPHONES – Part 1: Measurement and characterization of medical ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz Scope and object This part of IEC 62127 specifies methods of use of calibrated hydrophones for the measurement in liquids of acoustic fields generated by ultrasonic medical equipment operating in the frequency range up to 40 MHz The objectives of this standard are: – to define a group of acoustic parameters that can be measured on a physically sound basis; – to define a second group of parameters that can be derived under certain assumptions from these measurements, and called derived intensity parameters; – to define a measurement procedure that may be used for the determination of acoustic pressure parameters; – to define the conditions under which the measurements of acoustic parameters can be made in the frequency range up to 40 MHz using calibrated hydrophones; – to define procedures for correcting, for limitations caused by the use of hydrophones with finite bandwidth and finite active element size NOTE Throughout this standard, SI units are used In the specification of certain parameters, such as beam areas and intensities, it may be convenient to use decimal multiples or submultiples For example beam area may be specified in cm and intensities in W/cm or mW/cm ! NOTE The hydrophone as defined may be of a piezoelectric or an optic type The introduction however implies that optical hydrophones are not covered." Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies IEC 60050-801:1994, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary – Chapter 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics IEC 60565, Underwater acoustics – Hydrophones – Calibration in the frequency range 0,01 Hz to MHz IEC/TR 60854:1986, Methods of measuring the performance of ultrasonic pulse-echo diagnostic equipment IEC 61689, Ultrasonics – Physiotherapy systems – Performance requirements and methods of measurement in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to MHz IEC 61828, Ultrasonics – Focusing transducers – Definitions and measurement methods for the transmitted fields IEC 61846, Ultrasonics – Pressure pulse lithotripters – Characteristics of fields BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) –8– IEC 61847, Ultrasonics – Surgical systems – Measurement and declaration of the basic output characteristics IEC 62127-2, Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 2: Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz IEC 62127-3, Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 3: Properties of hydrophones for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz ISO 16269-6:2005, Statistical interpretation of data – Part 6: Determination of statistical tolerance intervals !ISO/IEC Guide 98-3, Uncertainty of measurement – Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)" NOTE The following standards rely on the proper use of this document IEC 61157, Standard means for the reporting of the acoustic output of medical diagnostic ultrasonic equipment IEC 62359, Ultrasonics – Field characterization – Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields IEC 61847, Ultrasonics – Surgical systems – Measurement and declaration of the basic output characteristics Terms, definitions and symbols For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62127-2, IEC 621273 and the following apply It also includes definitions related to subjects in this document to be used in particular medical ultrasound device standards 3.1 acoustic pulse waveform temporal waveform of the instantaneous acoustic pressure at a specified position in an acoustic field and displayed over a period sufficiently long to include all significant acoustic information in a single pulse or tone-burst, or one or more cycles in a continuous wave NOTE Temporal waveform is a representation (e.g oscilloscope presentation or equation) of the instantaneous acoustic pressure !Note deleted" 3.2 acoustic repetition period arp pulse repetition period for non-automatic scanning systems and the scan repetition period for automatic scanning systems, equal to the time interval between corresponding points of consecutive cycles for continuous wave systems NOTE The acoustic repetition period is expressed in seconds (s) 3.3 acoustic frequency acoustic-working frequency frequency of an acoustic signal based on the observation of the output of a hydrophone placed in an acoustic field at the position corresponding to the spatial-peak temporal-peak acoustic pressure NOTE The signal is analysed using either the zero-crossing acoustic-working frequency technique or a spectrum analysis method Acoustic-working frequencies are defined in !3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3 and 3.3.4" BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) – 74 – Annex H (informative) Specific ultrasonic fields H.1 H.1.1 Diagnostic fields Useful relationships between acoustical parameters A number of useful relationships exist between various acoustical parameters, which can be used to check consistency of acoustic output measurements Some of these are given below The spatial-peak pulse-average intensity, I sppa , is related to the spatial-peak temporal-average intensity, I spta , by !Isppa = prp · Ispta /td" (H.1) To determine the total ultrasonic power , the procedures and techniques described in 7.2.7 or IEC 61161 may be used If the total ultrasonic power , P, is known, then it is possible to determine values for the spatial-average temporal-average intensity, which are overestimates If P beam refers to the total power emitted by one acoustic scan line for an automatic scanner then the following equalities and inequalities hold: P = Total number of acoustic scan lines x Pbeam (H.2) For non-automatic scanning systems: P/A b > spatial-average temporal-average intensity For automatic scanning systems: P/(scan area) > spatial-average temporal-average intensity scan width > s s x total number of acoustic scan lines where s s is the ultrasonic scan line separation (see 3.72) It is assumed here that the scan lines are equally spaced, which is not necessarily the case For some types of transducer, such as a linear array, “scan width” represents the width of the scan in a straight line parallel to the linear array surface and is independent of the distance from the face (rectilinear scan geometry) For other transducers, such as sector scanners, “scan width” represents the width of the scan on a surface centred at a point, usually within the transducer body In this case, the “scan width” depends on the distance specified for s s H.1.2 Pulsed wave diagnostic equipment In all pulsed wave diagnostic equipment, a pulsed waveform is transmitted and either the echo or the transferred signal is analysed The acoustic output of pulse-echo diagnostic equipment usually consists of a single pulse of ultrasound at an acoustic working frequency in the range MHz to 12 MHz, and at pulse repetition rates of between kHz and kHz Pulsed Doppler equipment usually has an acoustic pulse consisting of a number of cycles at pulse repetition rates similar to or perhaps higher than pulse-echo equipment In both types of equipment, the ultrasound is usually focused at distances from the transducer of between a few centimetres and 20 cm, and the – 75 – BS EN 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 IEC 62127-1:2007+A1:2013 (E) peak acoustic pressure at the focus is usually between 0,2 MPa and 10 MPa While lineararray, sector and phased-array scanners emit consecutive pulses along different ultrasonic scan lines, the acoustic pulse waveform remains approximately constant For pulse-echo equipment, the focal diameter is usually less than about mm and, as seen from 5.1.6, a hydrophone with an active element of diameter approximately 0,5 mm is needed as well as a relatively precise alignment of the hydrophone As the acoustic pressures are high, the ! local distortion parameter σq" (see 3.388) will usually be greater than 0,5, in which case the bandwidth requirement for the hydrophone is greater and additional demands are placed on the angular alignment because of the dependence of this directional response on frequency Under these conditions, it is important to optimize the rotation of the hydrophone to ensure the maximum received signal (see 5.2.2) In general, diagnostic equipment places the greatest demand on the hydrophone bandwidth and on the coordinate positioning system PVDF hydrophones of the membrane or needle type are essential (see Clause B.9) Several investigations have shown the need for broadband hydrophones [12, 66, 67, 68] As measurements for the purpose of determining the maximum output are undertaken in the plane containing the spatial-peak temporal-peak acoustic pressure , this plane is expected to be close to the focus of the transducer At typical focal distances, the square law relationship between acoustic pressure and intensity is usually assumed in order to derive intensity parameters This assumption is made despite the uncertainty associated with the nonlinear distortion that can take place H.1.3 Continuous wave diagnostic equipment Frequencies for continuous wave Doppler systems are usually between MHz and 10 MHz, and an acoustic lens can be used to focus the ultrasound at distances from the transducer face of up to cm Sometimes the transducer elements have D-shaped crystals, which makes identifying the maxima in any plane complex Peak acoustic pressures are usually less than 0,1 MPa and, consequently, the !local distortion parameter " is generally below 0,5 and a broadband hydrophone does not need to be used Focal diameters may be less than mm and, as seen from 5.1.6, a hydrophone with an active element of diameter 0,5 mm or smaller is needed For higher frequency devices, it may be necessary to rotate the hydrophone when measurements are made at distances from the acoustic axis greater than the transducer radius In the case of foetal monitors, the acoustic beam is often divergent and the peak acoustic pressure usually occurs at the face of the ultrasonic transducer Under these circumstances, the usual plane progressive wave approximation for ultrasonic intensity is invalid (see 7.2.5) Hence, only acoustic pressure parameters can be specified unless a compromise is made Such a compromise is to undertake measurements in a plane that does not contain the spatial-peak temporal-peak acoustic pressure in the whole acoustic field and at a distance such that the plane progressive wave approximation for intensity may be assumed Although not strictly appropriate for a !divergent beam" , the criterion given in reference [1] for a plane piston transducer may be used to estimate the difference between the true intensity and the intensity derived from the square of the acoustic pressure A suitable compromise is to undertake measurements at a distance from the face of the ultrasonic transducer of between one and two ultrasonic transducer element diameters For a plane piston transducer, this would yield errors of % and