title: Ultrasound bio-effects and safety considerations.
abstract: The responsibility for safe ultrasound applications has been devolved to the user with the introduction of displayed safety indices on the scanner screen. It is therefore essential that the mechanisms of interaction of the ultrasound beam with the tissue being interrogated are properly understood and that the potential biological effects are determined.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: ter Haar
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013696:Temperature; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*