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UT Testing-Section 2 Physics of Ultrasound

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From this table it can be seen that ratios from one up to ten billion can be<br />

represented with a single or double digit number. Ease to work with numbers<br />

was particularly important in the days before the advent <strong>of</strong> the calculator or<br />

computer. The focus <strong>of</strong> this discussion is on using the dB in measuring sound<br />

levels, but it is also widely used when measuring power, pressure, voltage<br />

and a number <strong>of</strong> other things.

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