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Analysis of the Acoustic Power Emitted by a Physiotherapeutic Ultrasound Equipment Used at the Brazilian Air Force Academy

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XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2020)

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Therapeutic ultrasound (TUS) is one of the most widely used methods for treating musculoskeletal injuries, in view of the benefits that this treatment provides: it speeds up the tissue repair process, for example. However, when TUS devices operate outside the range recommended by International Standard IEC 61689:2013, they can cause ineffective treatments or even aggravate the injury. This study aims to analyze the acoustic power emitted by a TUS device from Esquadrão de Saúde de Pirassununga and observe whether the values obtained are within the range established by the IEC 61689:2013. An acoustic radiation force balance was used to measure the power emitted by the equipment. The results showed that on all test days there was a divergence between the nominal and the emitted powers, which exceeded the value recommended by the IEC.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the LUS-PEB-COPPE-UFRJ and the Physiotherapy Section of ES-YS for having provided the equipments used in this study.

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  1. Brazilian Air Force Academy, Estrada de Aguaí, s/nº, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil

    J. G. S. N. Cavalcanti & J. F. S. Costa-Júnior

  2. Biomedical Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    W. C. A. Pereira & J. F. S. Costa-Júnior

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  1. J. G. S. N. Cavalcanti
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Eliete Maria de Oliveira Caldeira

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Anselmo Frizera-Neto

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Cavalcanti, J.G.S.N., Pereira, W.C.A., Costa-Júnior, J.F.S. (2022). Analysis of the Acoustic Power Emitted by a Physiotherapeutic Ultrasound Equipment Used at the Brazilian Air Force Academy. In: Bastos-Filho, T.F., de Oliveira Caldeira, E.M., Frizera-Neto, A. (eds) XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering. CBEB 2020. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 83. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_1

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