EN 61102:1993/A1:1994

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MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERISATION OF ULTRASONIC FIELDS USING HYDROPHONES IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 0.5 MHZ TO 15 MHZ

Amendment of

EN 61102:1993

Superseded date

01-10-2007

Published date

12-01-2013

Publisher

European Committee for Standards - Electrical

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
      characterised
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

Specifies the methods of use of calibrated piezoelectric hydrophones for the measurement in liquids of acoustic fields generated by ultrasonic medical equipment operating in the 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz frequency range. Coverage includes definitions symbols, measurement requirements, measurement procedures and beam characterisation.

Committee	SR 87
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	EN 62127-1:2007/A1:2013 EN 62127-2:2007 EN 62127-1:2007 EN 62127-3:2007 EN 62127-2:2007/A2:2017 EN 62127-3:2007/A1:2013

Standards	Relationship
NF EN 61102 : 94 AMD 1 94	Identical
NBN EN 61102 : 1994	Identical
NEN 11102 : 94 AMD 1 1994	Identical
I.S. EN 61102:1994	Identical
PN EN 61102 : 2002	Identical
SN EN 61102 : 1993 AMD 1 1994	Identical
UNE-EN 61102:1996	Identical
BS EN 61102:1994	Identical
CEI EN 61102 : 1997	Identical
DIN EN 61102:1994-12	Identical

BS EN 61685:2002	Ultrasonics. Flow measurement systems. Flow test object
EN 61206:1995	Ultrasonics - Continuous-wave Doppler systems - Test procedures
EN 62092:2001	Ultrasonics - Hydrophones - Characteristics and calibration in the frequency range from 15 MHz to 40 MHz
EN 61846:1998	Ultrasonics - Pressure pulse lithotripters - Characteristics of fields
BS EN 61828:2002	Ultrasonics. Focusing transducers. Definitions and measurement methods for the transmitted fields
CEI EN 61828 : 2003	ULTRASONICS - FOCUSING TRANSDUCERS - DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR THE TRANSMITTED FIELDS
I.S. EN 61846:1999	ULTRASONICS - PRESSURE PULSE LITHOTRIPTERS - CHARACTERISTICS OF FIELDS
EN 61828:2001	Ultrasonics - Focusing transducers - Definitions and measurement methods for the transmitted fields
I.S. EN 61391-1:2006	ULTRASONICS - PULSE-ECHO SCANNERS - PART 1: TECHNIQUES FOR CALIBRATING SPATIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT OF SYSTEM POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION RESPONSE
BS EN 61391-1 : 2006	ULTRASONICS - PULSE-ECHO SCANNERS - PART 1: TECHNIQUES FOR CALIBRATING SPATIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT OF SYSTEM POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION RESPONSE
I.S. EN 61266:1997	ULTRASONICS - HAND-HELD PROBE DOPPLER FOETAL HEARTBEAT DETECTORS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING
I.S. EN 61101:1994	THE ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION OF HYDROPHONES USING THE PLANAR SCANNING TECHNIQUE IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 0.5 MHZ TO 15 MHZ
CEI EN 61685 : 2002	ULTRASONICS FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FLOW TEST OBJECT
CEI EN 61391-1 : 2007	ULTRASONICS - PULSE-ECHO SCANNERS - PART 1: TECHNIQUES FOR CALIBRATING SPATIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT OF SYSTEM POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION RESPONSE
CEI EN 61846 : 1999	ULTRASONICS - PRESSURE PULSE LITHOTRIPTERS - CHARACTERISTICS OF FIELDS
CEI EN 61266 : 1998	ULTRASONICS - HAND-HELD PROBE DOPPLER FOETAL HEARTBEAT DETECTORS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING
I.S. EN 61206:1996	ULTRASONICS - CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER SYSTEMS - TEST PROCEDURES
BS EN 61101:1994	Specification for absolute calibration of hydrophones using the planar scanning technique in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz
BS EN 62092:2002	Ultrasonics. Hydrophones. Characteristics and calibration in the frequency range from 15 MHz to 40 MHz
EN 61391-1:2006/A1:2017	ULTRASONICS - PULSE-ECHO SCANNERS - PART 1: TECHNIQUES FOR CALIBRATING SPATIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT OF SYSTEM POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION RESPONSE (IEC 61391-1:2006/A1:2017)
EN 61266:1995	Ultrasonics - Hand-held probe Doppler foetal heartbeat detectors - Performance requirements and methods of measurement and reporting
EN 61101:1993	The absolute calibration of hydrophones using the planar scanning technique in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz

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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EN 61102:1993/A1:1994

MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERISATION OF ULTRASONIC FIELDS USING HYDROPHONES IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 0.5 MHZ TO 15 MHZ

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