SIST EN 61161:2013

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Ultrasonics - Power measurement - Radiation force balances and performance
requirements
Ultraschall - Leistungsmessung - Schallfeldkraft-Waagen und Anforderungen an ihre
Funktionseigenschaften
Ultrasons - Mesurage de puissance - Balances de forces de rayonnement et exigences
de fonctionnement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61161:2013
ICS:
17.140.50 Elektroakustika Electroacoustics
SIST EN 61161:2013 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61161

NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 17.140.50 Supersedes EN 61161:2007


English version


Ultrasonics -
Power measurement -
Radiation force balances and performance requirements
(IEC 61161:2013)


Ultrasons - Mesurage de puissance -  Ultraschall - Leistungsmessung -
Balances de forces de rayonnement Schallfeldkraft-Waagen
et exigences de fonctionnement und Anforderungen an ihre
(CEI 61161:2013) Funktionseigenschaften
(IEC 61161:2013)





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Foreword
The text of document 87/520/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 61161, prepared by IEC/TC 87 "Ultrasonics"
was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61161:2013.

The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-12-06
• latest date by which the document has
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2016-03-06
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61161:2007.

EN 61161:2013 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 61161:2007:
– whereas the second edition tacitly dealt with circular transducers only, the present edition as far
as possible deals with both circular and rectangular transducers, Including a number of symbols
for rectangular transducers;
– attention is paid to focused cases and the influence of scanning has been added;
– the method of calibrating the radiation force balance now depends on whether the set-up is used
as a primary or as secondary measurement tool;
– Annex B (basic formulae) has been updated and in Annex C the buoyancy change method is
mentioned (see also future EN 62555).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61161:2013 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60601-2-5 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60601-2-5.
IEC 61157 NOTE Harmonised as EN 61157.
IEC 61846:1998 NOTE Harmonised as EN 61846:1998 (not modified).
IEC 62127-1 NOTE Harmonised as EN 62127-1.
IEC 62127-2 NOTE Harmonised as EN 62127-2.
IEC 62127-3 NOTE Harmonised as EN 62127-3.
1) 1)
IEC 62555 NOTE Harmonised as EN 62555 .


1)
At draft stage.

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 61689 - Ultrasonics - Physiotherapy systems - Field EN 61689 -
specifications and methods of measurement
in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 5 MHz

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IEC 61161

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 List of symbols . 9
5 Requirements for radiation force balances . 9
5.1 General . 9
5.2 Target type . 10
5.2.1 General . 10
5.2.2 Absorbing target . 10
5.2.3 Reflecting target . 10
5.3 Target diameter . 11
5.4 Balance/force measuring system . 11
5.5 System tank . 11
5.6 Target support structures . 11
5.7 Transducer positioning . 11
5.8 Anti-streaming foils . 11
5.9 Transducer coupling . 12
5.10 Calibration . 12
6 Requirements for measuring conditions . 12
6.1 Lateral target position . 12
6.2 Transducer/target separation . 12
6.3 Water . 12
6.4 Water contact . 13
6.5 Environmental conditions . 13
6.6 Thermal drifts . 13
7 Measurement uncertainty . 13
7.1 General . 13
7.2 Balance system including target suspension . 13
7.3 Linearity and resolution of the balance system . 13
7.4 Extrapolation to the moment of switching the ultrasonic transducer . 14
7.5 Target imperfections . 14
7.6 Reflecting target geometry . 14
7.7 Lateral absorbers in the case of reflecting target measurements . 14
7.8 Target misalignment . 14
7.9 Ultrasonic transducer misalignment . 14
7.10 Water temperature . 14
7.11 Ultrasonic attenuation and acoustic streaming . 14
7.12 Foil properties . 14
7.13 Finite target size . 15
7.14 Plane-wave assumption . 15
7.15 Scanning influence . 15
7.16 Environmental influences . 15
7.17 Excitation voltage measurement . 15
7.18 Ultrasonic transducer temperature . 15

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7.19 Nonlinearity . 15
7.20 Acceleration due to gravity . 15
7.21 Other sources . 16
Annex A (informative) Additional information on various aspects of radiation force
measurements . 17
Annex B (informative) Basic formulae . 30
Annex C (informative) Other methods of ultrasonic power measurement . 36
Annex D (informative) Propagation medium and degassing . 37
Annex E (informative) Radiation force measurement with diverging ultrasonic beams . 38
Annex F (informative) Limitations associated with the balance arrangements . 42
Bibliography . 46

Figure 1 – Section through an absorbing target . 16
Figure 2 – Linearity check: balance readout as a function of the input quantity . 16
Figure E.1 – Piston result (oscillating curve) for P/cF as a function of ka . 39
Figure E.2 – P/cF as a function of ka for four different pseudo-trapezoidal amplitude
distributions . 39
Figure E.3 – Ratio of the radiation conductance G as obtained using a convex-conical
reflecting target to an absorbing target versus the value of ka [29] . 41
Figure F.1 – Arrangement A . 42
Figure F.2 – Arrangement B, with convex-conical reflecting target . 43
Figure F.3 – Arrangement B, with absorbing target . 43
Figure F.4 – Arrangement C, with absorbing target . 43
Figure F.5 – Arrangement E, with absorbing (a) or concave-conical reflecting (b) target . 43
Figure F.6 – Arrangement F, with convex-conical reflecting target . 44
Figure F.7 – Arrangement F with absorbing target . 44

Table F.1 – Advantages and disadvantages of different arrangements . 45

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ULTRASONICS – POWER MEASUREMENT –
RADIATION FORCE BALANCES AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS


FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61161 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 87:
Ultrasonics.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006. It constitutes a
technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
– whereas the second edition tacitly dealt with circular transducers only, the present edition
as far as possible deals with both circular and rectangular transducers, including a number
of symbols for rectangular transducers;
– attention is paid to focused cases and the influence of scanning has been added;
– the method of calibrating the radiation force balance now depends on whether the set-up
is used as a primary or as secondary measurement tool;
– Annex B (basic formulae) has been updated and in Annex C the buoyancy change method
is mentioned (see also future IEC 62555).

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
87/520/FDIS 87/528/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
NOTE The following print types are used:
• Requirements: in Arial 10 point
• Notes: in Arial 8 point
• Words in bold in the text are defined in Clause 3
• Symbols and formulae: Times New Roman + Italic.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
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related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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INTRODUCTION
A number of measuring methods exist for the determination of the total emitted power of
1
ultrasonic transducers ([1], [2], [3] , see also Annex C). The purpose of this International
Standard is to establish standard methods of measurement of ultrasonic power in liquids in
the lower megahertz frequency range based on the measurement of the radiation force using
a gravimetric balance. The great advantage of radiation force measurements is that a value
for the total radiated power is obtained without the need to integrate field data over the cross-
section of the radiated sound beam. This standard identifies the sources of errors and
describes a systematic step-by-step procedure to assess overall measurement uncertainty as
well as the precautions that should be undertaken and uncertainties that should be taken into
account while performing power measurements.
Basic safety requirements for ultrasonic physiotherapy devices are identified in IEC 60601-2-5
and make reference to IEC 61689, which specifies the need for acoustic power measurements
with an uncertainty better than ± 15 % at a level of confidence of 95 %. Considering the usual
degradation of accuracy in the practical application of this standard, reference measurement
methods need to be established with uncertainties better than ± 7 %. Ultrasonic diagnostic
device declaration requirements including acoustic power are specified in other IEC standards,
as for example in IEC 61157.
The measurement of acoustic power accurately and repeatably using a radiation force
balance as defined in this standard is influenced by a number of practical problems. As a
guide to the user, additional information is provided in Annex A using the same section and
clause numbering as the main body.

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Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography.

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RADIATION FORCE BALANCES AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS



1 Scope
This International Standard
• specifies a method of determining the total emitted acoustic power of ultrasonic
transducers based on the use of a radiation force balance;
• establishes general principles for the use of radiation force balances in which an obstacle
(target) intercepts the sound field to be measured;
• establishes limitations of the radiation force method related to cavitation and temperature
rise;
• establishes quantitative limitations of the radiation force method in relation to diverging
and focused beams;
• provides information on estimating the acoustic power for diverging and focused beams
using the radiation force method;
• provides information on assessment of overall measurement uncertainties.
This International Standard is applicable to:
• the measurement of ultrasonic power up to 1 W based on the use of a radiation force
balance in the frequency range from 0,5 MHz to 25 MHz;
• the measurement of ultrasonic power up to 20 W based on the use of a radiation force
balance in the frequency range 0,75 MHz to 5 MHz;
• the measurement of total ultrasonic power in well-collimated, diverging and focused
ultrasonic fields;
• the use of radiation force balances of the gravimetric type or force feedback type.
(See also Clause A.1)
NOTE 1 A focused beam is converging in the pre-focal range and diverging beyond focus.
NOTE 2 Ultrasonic power measurement in the high intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) range, i.e. beyond 1 W
or 20 W, respectively, is dealt with in the future IEC 62555.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 61689, Ultrasonics – Physiotherapy systems – Field specifications and methods of
measurement in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 5 MHz
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

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3.1
acoustic streaming
bulk fluid motion initiated by a sound field
3.2
free field
sound field in a homogeneous isotropic medium whose boundaries exert a negligible effect on
the sound waves
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-801:1994, definition 801-23-28, modified – the term no longer contains
“sound”]
3.3
output power
P
time-average ultrasonic power emitted by an ultrasonic transducer into an approximately
free field under specified conditions in a specified medium, preferably water
Note 1 to entry: Output power is expressed in watt (W).
3.4
radiation force
acoustic radiation force
F
time-average force acting on a body in a sound field and caused by the sound field, excluding
the component due to acoustic streaming; or, more generally: time-average force (excluding
the component due to acoustic streaming) in a sound field, appearing at the boundary
surface between two media of different acoustic properties, or within a single attenuating
medium
Note 1 to entry: Radiation force, acoustic radiation force, is expressed in newton (N).
3.5
radiation pressure
acoustic radiation pressure
radiation force per unit area
Note 1 to entry: This term is widely used in the literature. However, strictly speaking, the radiation force per unit
area is a tensor quantity [4] and it should be referred to as the acoustic radiation stress tensor when a strict
scientific terminology is to be used. The integral quantity "acoustic radiation force" is generally preferred in this
International Standard. Whenever at some places, the term "acoustic radiation pressure" appears it is to be
understood as the negative value of the normal radiation stress in the direction of the field axis.
Note 2 to entry: Radiation pressure, acoustic radiation pressure, is expressed in pascal (Pa).
3.6
target
device specially designed to intercept substantially all of the ultrasonic field and to serve as
the object which is acted upon by the radiation force
3.7
ultrasonic transducer
device capable of converting electrical energy to mechanical energy within the ultrasonic
frequency range and/or reciprocally of converting mechanical energy to electrical energy
3.8
radiation conductance
G
ratio of the acoustic output power and the squared RMS transducer input voltage
Note 1 to entry: It is used to characterize the electrical to acoustical transfer of ultrasonic transducers.

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Note 2 to entry: Radiation conductance is expressed in siemens (S).
4 List of symbols
a radius of a circular ultrasonic source transducer
b and b half-dimensions of a rectangular ultrasonic source transducer in x and y direction,
x y
respectively (so that 2 b and 2 b are the transducer's side lengths)
x y
c speed of sound (usually in water)
d and d geometrical focal lengths of a focusing ultrasonic transducer in the x-z and the
x y
y-z plane, respectively
d geometrical focal length of a focusing ultrasonic transducer in the case of
d = d = d
x y
F radiation force on a target in the direction of the incident ultrasonic wave
g acceleration due to gravity
G radiation conductance
2 2 1/2
h half the diagonal of a rectangular transducer, h = (b + b )
d d x y
h harmonic mean of b and b , h = 2 / (1/b + 1/b )
h x y h x y
k circular wavenumber, k = 2 π / λ
P output power of an ultrasonic transducer
2
s normalized distance from a circular ultrasonic transducer, s = z λ / a
z distance between an ultrasonic transducer and a target
α amplitude attenuation coefficient of plane waves in a medium (usually water)
β and β focus (half-)angles of a rectangular focusing ultrasonic transducer in the x-z
x y
and the y-z plane, respectively; β = arctan(b /d ), β = arctan(b /d ) if the
x x x y y y
transducer is planar and the focal lengths are counted from the planar
transducer surface
γ focus (half-)angle of a circular focusing ultrasonic transducer; γ = arcsin(a / d)
if the transducer is spherically curved and the focal length is counted from the
"bottom" of the "bowl"; γ = arctan(a / d) if the focal length is counted from the
plane defined by the rim of the active part of the "bowl" or if the transducer is
planar
θ angle between the direction of the incident ultrasonic wave and the normal to a
reflecting
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