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21.1 <strong>Introduction</strong> <strong>to</strong> Medical <strong>Acoustics</strong><br />

Medical acoustics covers the use of sub-audio vibration,<br />

audible sound and ultrasound for medical diagnostics<br />

and treatment. Sound is a popular and powerful <strong>to</strong>ol<br />

because of its low cost, noninvasive nature, and wide<br />

range of potential applications from passive listening<br />

Table 21.1 Medical frequencies<br />

Medical <strong>Acoustics</strong> 21.1 <strong>Introduction</strong> <strong>to</strong> Medical <strong>Acoustics</strong> 841<br />

Title Period Frequency Power/Intensity<br />

Generation 25 years<br />

Ovulation 28 days<br />

Diurnal 1day<br />

Respiration 6s 0.15 Hz<br />

Heart Rate 1s 1Hz<br />

ECG surface bandwidth 10 ms 100 Hz<br />

ECG intramyocardial BW 250 µs 4 KHz<br />

Tremor 100 ms 3–18Hz<br />

Electromyography surface 5ms 200 Hz<br />

Electromyography intramuscle 100 µs 10 kHz<br />

Flicker fusion (visual) 60 ms 16 Hz<br />

Vibration sensation 10 ms 100 Hz<br />

Sound low 50 ms 20 Hz<br />

Telephone sound speech 3–0.3ms 0.3–3kHz<br />

Sound high 50 µs 20 kHz<br />

Electro-encephalography (EEG) surface waves<br />

Delta waves 300 ms < 3.5Hz<br />

Theta waves 200 ms 3.5–7.5Hz<br />

Alpha waves 100 ms 7.5–13Hz<br />

Beta waves 50 ms 13–30 Hz<br />

Intracerebral EEG 100 µs 10 kHz<br />

Ultrasound cleaners 42 kHz 100 W, 1 W/cm 2<br />

Ultrasound bacteriocidal 22.5kHz<br />

Ultrasound therapeutic 0.5 µs 13MHz 15 W, 3 W/cm 2<br />

Ultrasound diagnostic<br />

Transcranial 1–3MHz 100 mW/cm 2<br />

Heart, abdomen 2–5MHz 100 mW/cm 2<br />

Vascular, skeletal 4–10MHz 100 mW/cm 2<br />

Skin, eye 10–40 MHz 8mW/cm 2<br />

Ultrasound high intensity focused (HIFU) 2–6MHz 2000 W/cm 2<br />

Diathermy, shortwave, physiotherapy 13–40 MHz 2–15W<br />

Diathermy, shortwave, cell destruction 300 kHz 100 W<br />

Diathermy, cancer ablation 500 kHz 500 W<br />

Diathermy microwave 0.4–2.5 GHz<br />

Light 10 14 Hz<br />

X-ray 1×10 18 Hz<br />

4×10 18 Hz<br />

<strong>to</strong> the application of high-energy pulses used for the<br />

destruction of kidney s<strong>to</strong>nes.<br />

There are four frequency ranges of sound and<br />

three levels of intensity that will be presented in this<br />

chapter<br />

Part F 21.1

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