How do you know you’re getting diagnostic results from your probe? Does you service provider test them? How do they test them? Probably with a tissue equivalent phantom! Tissue equivalent phantom will test: Axial resolution – this is mainly affected by the speed of ultrasound or the pulse width. Lateral resolution – this is mainly affected by the beam width and the processing within the machine. It will not successfully test: Dropout – IF it is bad enough (it is not possible to see drop out in a cardiac probe as all elements fire together) Cable breaks Dead or weak elements Individual elements shorting Shorts in cables Lenses delaminating Learn more. Subscribe to Probelogic blog http://probelogic.com.au/how-do-you-know-youre-getting-diagnostic-results-from-your-probe-2/

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Does you service provider test them?
How do they test them?
Probably with a tissue equivalent phantom!
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Tissue equivalent phantom will test:
Axial resolution – this is mainly affected
by the speed of ultrasound or the pulse
width.Lateral resolution – this is mainly
affected by the beam width and the
processing within the machine.
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4. It will not successfully test:
Dropout – IF it is bad enough
(it is not possible to see drop
out in a cardiac probe as all
elements fire together)
Cable breaks
Dead or weak elements
Individual elements shorting
Shorts in cables
Lenses delaminating
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The tissue equivalent phantom
is quick and easy to use but doesn’t
give any measurable results of image
quality. At best, the image “looks ok”.
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Acoustic tester will test:
Dead or weak elements
Shorting in the elements
Breaks in the cable
Shorts in the cable
Delamination of the acoustic lens
Probe sensitivity (has it fallen off with age?)
Pulse width (directly related to Axial resolution)
Bandwidth (ability to optimise image for penetration or resolution)
Centre frequency
Pulse waveform
Frequency spectrum
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So how does your service provider test your probes?
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In Australia, only ProbeLogic has the required equipment
to perform both acoustic testing and phantom testing.
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Contact : 1300-611-503
www.probelogic.com.au
facebook.com/probelogic
twitter.com/Ash_ProbeLogic
linkedin.com/company/probelogic-pty-ltd
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