BS 7887:1997

Ultrasonics. Real-time pulse-echo systems. Guide for test procedures to determine performance specifications. | Status: Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope This technical report describes methods of measuring the performance of real-time medical ultrasonic imaging equipment in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz. This report is relevant for real-time ultrasonic scanners based on the pulse-echo principle, for the types listed below:

• — mechanical sector scanner;
• — electronic phased array sector scanner;
• — electronic linear array scanner;
• — electronic curved array sector scanner;
• — water-bath scanner based on any of the above four scanning mechanisms.